Cartilage

CARTILAGE
. What is the primary function of cartilage in the body?

a) To provide insulation
b) To facilitate bone movement
c) To regulate blood flow
d) To generate electrical impulses
Answer: b) To facilitate bone movement
. Which of the following is NOT a general characteristic of cartilage?

a) Presence of cells and extracellular matrix
b) Vascular nature
c) Cells residing in lacunae
d) Plastic appearance
Answer: b) Vascular nature
. What gives hyaline cartilage its name?

a) Its translucent appearance
b) Its flexible nature
c) Its colorful hue
d) Its high density
Answer: a) Its translucent appearance
. Where is hyaline cartilage predominantly found in adult life?

a) In the liver
b) In the skin
c) In the epiphyseal plate of long bones
d) In the heart
Answer: c) In the epiphyseal plate of long bones
. What is the primary function of chondrocytes in cartilage?

a) To secrete mucus
b) To produce collagen and extracellular matrix
c) To generate heat
d) To regulate blood pressure
Answer: b) To produce collagen and extracellular matrix
1. Which type of cartilage is NOT covered by perichondrium and is characterized

by chondrocytes arranged in rows separated by bundles of collagenic fibers and
fibrocytes?
A) Elastic cartilage
B) Hyaline cartilage
C) White fibrocartilage
D) Fibrocartilage
Answer: C) White fibrocartilage
2. What type of cartilage is found in the external auditory meatus, ear pinna
(auricle), Eustachian tube, and epiglottis?
A) Hyaline cartilage
B) Elastic cartilage
C) White fibrocartilage
D) Fibrocartilage
Answer: B) Elastic cartilage
3. Which growth process involves the division of immature chondrocytes and

the laying down of matrix around them to increase cartilage size?
A) Interstitial growth
B) Appositional growth
C) Perichondrial growth
D) Endochondral growth
Answer: A) Interstitial growth
5. Which type of cartilage is formed from the embryo mesenchyme and is

involved in the development of the skeleton?
A) Elastic cartilage
B) Hyaline cartilage
C) Fibrocartilage
D) White fibrocartilage
Answer: B) Hyaline cartilage
6. Which growth process involves the addition of new cartilage at the surface,
where cells from the inner chondrogenic layer of the perichondrium
differentiate into chondroblasts and lay down matrix?
C) Perichondrial growth
D) Endochondral growth
Answer: B) Appositional growth
7. Which type of cartilage is primarily found at sites requiring both stiffness and
elasticity, such as the larynx and the external ear?
A) Hyaline cartilage
B) Fibrocartilage
C) Elastic cartilage
D) White fibrocartilage
Answer: C) Elastic cartilage
8. Which process involves mesenchymal cells proliferating, differentiating, and

secreting cartilage matrix molecules during embryonic development?
A) Endochondral ossification
C) Cartilage formation
D) Perichondrial differentiation
Answer: C) Cartilage formation
BONE1
1. Which component forms about 75% of the dry weight of bone and consists
mainly of calcium in the form of hydroxyapatite?
A) Organic materials
B) Osteogenic cells
C) (inorganic material of bone matrix)
D) Periosteum
Answer: C) Bone matrix
2. Which cells are responsible for secreting both type I collagen and bone matrix
proteins, as well as for the calcification of bone matrix?
A) Osteoclasts
B) Osteocytes
C) Osteoblasts
D) Osteogenic cells
Answer: C) Osteoblasts
3. What is the function of osteocytes within bone tissue?
A) Bone resorption
B) Bone formation
C) Maintenance of calcified matrix
D) Bone remodeling
Answer: C) Maintenance of calcified matrix
4. Which cells are large multinucleated cells derived from the fusion of
monocytes and are responsible for bone resorption and remodeling?
A) Osteogenic cells
B) Osteoblasts
C) Osteocytes
D) Osteoclasts
Answer: D) Osteoclasts
5. Where are osteoclasts typically located within bone tissue?
A) In lacunae
B) Inside the Haversian canals
C) Occupying Howship's lacunae
D) Embedded within the bone matrix
Answer: C) Occupying Howship's lacunae
6. Which cells have pale oval nuclei and scanty, faintly basophilic cytoplasm, and
are found on or near all the free surfaces of bones in the endosteum and inner
layers of periosteum?
A) Osteocytes
B) Osteoclasts
C) Osteoblasts
D) Osteogenic cells
Answer: D) Osteogenic cells
7. What is the function of osteoblasts in bone tissue?
A) Bone resorption
B) Maintenance of calcified matrix
C) Bone forming cells
D) Bone remodeling
Answer: C) Bone forming cells
8. Which cells are responsible for resorption of bone matrix?
A) Osteocytes
B) Osteoblasts
C) Osteoclasts
D) Osteogenic cells
Answer: C) Osteoclasts
9. Where do osteocytes extend cytoplasmic processes that traverse the matrix

through canaliculi, which are filled with extracellular fluid?
A) Lacunae
B) Haversian canals
C) Howship's lacunae
D) Periosteum
Answer: A) Lacunae
10. Which cells are characterized by having a striated border (ruffled border)
and are located at the surface exposed to bone within pits called Howship's
lacunae?
A) Osteocytes
B) Osteoblasts
C) Osteoclasts
D) Osteogenic cells
Answer: C) Osteoclasts
BONE2
1. What is the basic structural unit of compact bone, consisting of concentric

lamellae surrounding a central canal?
A) Trabecula
B) Haversian system
C) Lacuna
D) Osteon
Answer: D+B
2. Which canals in compact bone communicate with one another through

transverse perforating canals?
A) Haversian canals
B) Volkmann canals
C) Lacunae
D) Trabeculae
Answer: B) Volkmann canals
3. What are the irregularly shaped groups of parallel lamellae scattered among
the intact osteons in compact bone called?
A) Haversian systems
B) Interstitial lamellae
C) Trabeculae
D) Lacunae
Answer: B) Interstitial lamellae
4. Where is spongy bone primarily found in the body?
A) In the central canal of compact bone

B) Surrounding the Haversian canals
C) Filling the marrow cavity of long bones
D) At the ends of long bones and inside flat bones
Answer: D) At the ends of long bones and inside flat bones
5. Which type of ossification involves the formation of bone directly within

fibrous connective tissue membranes?
A) Endochondral ossification
B) Periosteal ossification
C) Intramembranous ossification
D) Appositional ossification
Answer: C) Intramembranous ossification
6. During endochondral ossification, where does bone growth occur?
A) Within the periosteum

B) Along the length of the bone
C) At the epiphyseal plate
D) Within the marrow cavity
Answer: C) At the epiphyseal plate
7. Which growth process occurs only by appositional growth at the bone's

surface?
B) Endochondral growth
C) Periosteal growth
D) Epiphyseal growth
Answer: C) Periosteal growth
8. What covers bone tissue and resembles cartilage in its structure?
A) Perichondrium
B) Endosteum
C) Periosteum
D) Trabecula
Answer: C) Periosteum
9. What is a key difference between bone and cartilage regarding growth?
A) Cartilage grows by interstitial growth, while bone grows by appositional

growth.
B) Bone grows by interstitial growth, while cartilage grows by appositional
growth.
C) Both bone and cartilage grow by appositional growth.
D) Neither bone nor cartilage undergoes growth.
Answer: A) Cartilage grows by interstitial growth, while bone grows by
appositional growth.
10. Which cells are responsible for the formation of bone directly from or within
fibrous connective tissue membranes during intramembranous ossification?
A) Osteoblasts
B) Osteoclasts
C) Osteocytes
D) Mesenchymal cells
Answer: D) Mesenchymal cells
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CARTILAGE

. What is the primary function of cartilage in the body?

. Which of the following is NOT a general characteristic of cartilage?

. What gives hyaline cartilage its name?

. Where is hyaline cartilage predominantly found in adult life?

. What is the primary function of chondrocytes in cartilage?

1. Which type of cartilage is NOT covered by perichondrium and is characterized

3. Which growth process involves the division of immature chondrocytes and

5. Which type of cartilage is formed from the embryo mesenchyme and is

8. Which process involves mesenchymal cells proliferating, differentiating, and

3. What is the function of osteocytes within bone tissue?

5. Where are osteoclasts typically located within bone tissue?

7. What is the function of osteoblasts in bone tissue?

8. Which cells are responsible for resorption of bone matrix?

9. Where do osteocytes extend cytoplasmic processes that traverse the matrix

1. What is the basic structural unit of compact bone, consisting of concentric

2. Which canals in compact bone communicate with one another through

4. Where is spongy bone primarily found in the body?

A) In the central canal of compact bone

5. Which type of ossification involves the formation of bone directly within

6. During endochondral ossification, where does bone growth occur?

A) Within the periosteum

7. Which growth process occurs only by appositional growth at the bone's

8. What covers bone tissue and resembles cartilage in its structure?

9. What is a key difference between bone and cartilage regarding growth?

A) Cartilage grows by interstitial growth, while bone grows by appositional

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