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Which of the following is NOT a major function of the skeletal system?protection of organsmovementorgan developmentbody support and structureblood production - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What type of skeleton do humans have?EndoskeletonExoskeleton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How many bones do adult humans have?300216206103
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What do most bones start out as?ChodrocytesCartilageCalciumCollagen
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is ossification?The process of creating bonesThe process of breaking bones.The process of creating tendons.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What mineral compound makes up about 1/3 of your bone matrix?CollagenProteinsCalcium Phosphate
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What does your bone marrow do?It produces your red blood cells.It produces your white blood cells.It produces your platelets.It produces all of the above.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.As a child grows, where does their bone growth occur?At the diaphysis.At the epiphysis.At the femur.At the epiphyseal plate.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.At about what age do your bones stop lengthening?18254065
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the process of breaking down and remaking our bones called?bone remodelingossificationhomeostasisosteoporosis
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the role of the osteoclasts?bone makersbone breakersbone remodelerscell makers
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is resorption?When your blood cells are absorbed back into the capillaries.When the calcium is added to your bonesWhen the osteoblasts remake the bone cells.When the osteoclasts break the bone material down.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is NOT a component of the Skeletal System?adipose tissuecalciumnervesblood
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is NOT a component of the axial skeleton?femurvertebraeskullribs