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2. The functions of the skeletal system include all of the following except:
a. support and protection
b. movement and leverage
c. transport of materials via its fluid matrix
d. blood cell production
e. storage of minerals
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3. The skeletal system helps maintain homeostasis by:
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4. The extracellular matrix of bone:
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5. Bones are a type of:
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6. The extracellular matrix of tendons and ligaments is made up of:
a. primarily collagen fibers.
b. collagen and minerals.
c. collagen and proteoglycan
d. osteocytes.
e. chondrocytes.
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7. During growth of a long bone, the site of growth in length is the:
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8. The outer surface of bone is covered by a connective tissue layer called the:
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9. Which of the following is a characteristic of long bone? (Select all that apply)
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10. Pepper is a vegan (a vegetarian that does not eat any animal products including dairy or eggs). After a series of
unexplained bone fractures, her doctor completes some tests and discovers that her levels of parathyroid hormone
are elevated. Which of the following hypotheses would be the most plausible?
a. The lack of meat in her diet is causing anemia and preventing bone growth.
b. The lack of dairy in her diet has severely restricted the amount of calcium she has available. This deficiency
stimulated the release of PTH, which caused more of the calcium stores in her bones to be mobilized. The
deficiency has gone on for so long that she has weakened her bones.
c. The lack of dairy in her diet has severely restricted the amount of calcium she has available. This deficiency
stimulated the release of calcitonin, which caused more of the calcium stores in her bones to be mobilized.
The deficiency has gone on for so long that she has weakened her bones.
d. Her parathyroid glands are malfunctioning and producing too much calcitonin thereby stimulating osteoblast