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What is the main constituent of the skeleton?
What is the main constituent of the skeleton?
Which component is responsible for bone consistency and hardness?
Which component is responsible for bone consistency and hardness?
What covers the external surface of bones?
What covers the external surface of bones?
What is the function of bone marrow?
What is the function of bone marrow?
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What percentage of the bone matrix's dry weight is made up of minerals?
What percentage of the bone matrix's dry weight is made up of minerals?
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Which component forms a specialized connective tissue containing osteogenic cells and osteoblasts?
Which component forms a specialized connective tissue containing osteogenic cells and osteoblasts?
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What is responsible for degrading cartilage remnants and expanding the medullary cavity?
What is responsible for degrading cartilage remnants and expanding the medullary cavity?
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What process occurs at the ends of the bone, similar to that of the primary center but without a bone collar?
What process occurs at the ends of the bone, similar to that of the primary center but without a bone collar?
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What type of bone development overcomes resorption during growth?
What type of bone development overcomes resorption during growth?
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What stops proliferating at around 20 years of age, leading to the cessation of longitudinal bone growth?
What stops proliferating at around 20 years of age, leading to the cessation of longitudinal bone growth?
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Which part of the long bones is mainly composed of trabeculae and contains bone marrow?
Which part of the long bones is mainly composed of trabeculae and contains bone marrow?
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What forms the articular surface and the place where tendons and ligaments are inserted in all types of bones?
What forms the articular surface and the place where tendons and ligaments are inserted in all types of bones?
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What is responsible for bone repair by forming a bone collar and eventually replacing cartilage with bone after a fracture?
What is responsible for bone repair by forming a bone collar and eventually replacing cartilage with bone after a fracture?
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Which type of articulation has no movement or minimal movement?
Which type of articulation has no movement or minimal movement?
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What is responsible for inhibiting osteoclasts when there is excess calcium in the blood?
What is responsible for inhibiting osteoclasts when there is excess calcium in the blood?
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Which part of the long bones contains a channel that carries vessels and nerves called the Havers channel?
Which part of the long bones contains a channel that carries vessels and nerves called the Havers channel?
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What is formed by a plasma filtrate, nourishes the chondrocytes of the articular cartilage, and lubricates the articulation?
What is formed by a plasma filtrate, nourishes the chondrocytes of the articular cartilage, and lubricates the articulation?
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What forms a dense connective layer that seals the capsule of diarthrosis articulations?
What forms a dense connective layer that seals the capsule of diarthrosis articulations?
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What gives hardness to the bone?
What gives hardness to the bone?
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What happens if we decalcify the bone so that only the fibers remain?
What happens if we decalcify the bone so that only the fibers remain?
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Which component of the bone matrix constitutes approximately 35% of the dry weight of the bone?
Which component of the bone matrix constitutes approximately 35% of the dry weight of the bone?
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What is the role of osteoblasts?
What is the role of osteoblasts?
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What is the function of osteocytes?
What is the function of osteocytes?
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What happens during bone resorption?
What happens during bone resorption?
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How is primary bone replaced?
How is primary bone replaced?
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What is the function of osteoclasts?
What is the function of osteoclasts?
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What is found in the clear zone of an active osteoclast?
What is found in the clear zone of an active osteoclast?
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Which method forms most long and short bones?
Which method forms most long and short bones?
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What happens to chondrocytes in endochondral ossification?
What happens to chondrocytes in endochondral ossification?
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Which cells differentiate into osteoblasts in endochondral ossification?
Which cells differentiate into osteoblasts in endochondral ossification?
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