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Bone and cartilage reading quiz
Anatomy
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Anatomy
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09/23/2018

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These fibers can stretch and recoil back into their original form after being stretched:
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Elastic
Term
Embryonic skeleton is made up of what cartilage?
Definition
Hyaline
Term
A sheath of dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds cartilage?
Definition
Perichondrium
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These bone cells reside in Lacunae:
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Osteocytes
Term
Small canals running through bone matrix connecting lacunae to one another:
Definition
Lamellae
Term
The name for the layer of spongy bone that fills the space between compact bone layers in short, irregular, and flat bones:
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Diploe
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The individual concentric rings of bone that make up osteons:
Definition
lamellae
Term
Why can bones be hollow yet handle the stresses we place on them?
Definition
Forces cancel out at the center
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