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Portage Learning: A&P 1 Lab 4
Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the name of the tough outer covering of a bone?✔✔ Periosteum
What is stored inside the yellow bone marrow?✔✔ Fat
What part of a long bone contains red bone marrow in adults?✔✔ The epiphysis
What is the shaft of a long bone called?✔✔ Diaphysis
What type of bone tissue is found on the outer layer of all bones?✔✔ Compact bone
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What type of bone tissue has a spongy appearance?✔✔ Cancellous bone
Where are osteocytes found within bone tissue?✔✔ In lacunae
What small channels connect lacunae in compact bone?✔✔ Canaliculi
What is the central canal in an osteon used for?✔✔ Carrying blood vessels and nerves
What is an osteon?✔✔ The structural unit of compact bone
What gives bones their hardness?✔✔ Calcium phosphate salts
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What protein gives bones some flexibility?✔✔ Collagen
What cells break down bone tissue?✔✔ Osteoclasts
What cells build new bone tissue?✔✔ Osteoblasts
What is the function of red bone marrow?✔✔ To produce blood cells
What process forms most bones in the body?✔✔ Endochondral ossification
What type of bone is the femur?✔✔ Long bone
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