BMS100 Past Test Questions
Chapter 7, Spring 2009

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1. The "bone matrix" is
   1. the flexible membrane that covers bones
   2. the soft tissue within bones that produces blood cells
   3. the cartilage "plates" that allow a bone to grow longer
   4. a hard mixture of calcium compounds and collagen fibers located outside bone cells
   
   
2. Spongy bone tissue
   1. contains no cells
   2. contains no matrix
   3. contains red bone marrow
   4. is the same as red bone marrow
   
   
3. In a rapidly growing child, the epiphyseal plates (growth plates) contain mainly
   1. cartilage
   2. synovial fluid
   3. spongy bone tissue
   4. compact bone tissue
   
   
4. True or false? Once calcium has been incorporated into bone tissue, it will remain there and cannot be removed for the rest of the person's life.
   1. True.
   2. False.
   
   
5. Which part of a bone is capable of producing all types of blood cells?
   1. the periosteum
   2. red bone marrow
   3. yellow bone marrow
   4. the epiphyseal plates
   5. none of the above is capable of producing all types of blood cells
   
   
6. Synovial fluid is
   1. a "glue" that eventually hardens to hold the bone matrix together
   2. a "glue" that binds the bone, periosteum, tendons and ligaments together
   3. a "lubricant" that helps make the cartilage on the ends of bones more slippery
   4. an abnormal fluid that forms in some types of arthritis
   
   
7. Prior to birth, the flat bones of the skull contain
   1. ossification centers with osteoblasts
   2. multiple epiphyseal plates
   3. both of the above
   4. none of the above
   
   
8. Cartilage "models" are important in the development of
   1. long bones such as the humerus
   2. flat bones in the cranium (upper, round part of skull)
   3. both of the above
   4. none of the above
   
   
9. The diaphysis of the humerus
   1. is formed from the primary ossification center
   2. is fully grown to its final length at the time of birth
   3. is partially formed at the time of birth but continues to grow for a limited time
   4. both A. and B.
   5. both A. and C.
   
   
10. Which one of the following would be likely to contain one diaphysis, two epiphyses, and two epiphyseal plates?
    1. a flat bone of a child
    2. a short bone of a child
    3. a long bone of a child
    4. a long bone of an adult