Chapter: Animal Tissues

Assignment 5: Skeletal connective tissue- Bone 2, Fluid connective tissue

1. Blood cells are derived from:

(a) Red bone marrow (b) Intracellular fluid
(c) Yellow bone marrow (d) Lymph

2. Which of the following sentences are true?

A. Bone is the hardest tissue of the body which forms the main endoskeleton
B. Bone has an outer covering called as periosteum
C. Haversian and volksmann’s canals are absent in bone
D. Extracellular matrix is living and marrow is non-living in bone
(a) A and B (b) B and C
(c) C and D (d) A and D

3. The protoplasmic processes of osteocytes contain:

(a) Tubulin microtubules and smooth ER
(b) Actin microfilament and golgi body
(c) Tubulin microtubules and golgi body
(d) Actin microfilament and smooth ER

4. ________________ is the light-weight bone in which matrix is made up of numerous thin,

curved, intersecting plates, bars and tubes
(a) Trabecular bone (b) Spongy bone
(c) Compact bone (d) Both (a) and (b)

5. Erythrocytes and platelets are absent in:

(a) Bone marrow (b) Blood
(c) Lymph (d) Bone

6. In spongy bone internal supply channels are absent in:

(a) Trabeculae (b) Canaliculi (c) Lacunae (d) Matrix

7. Diploic bone is a
(a) bone having periosteum and endosteum
(b) bone having lacunae and canaliculi
(c) bone having compact and cancellous parts
(d) bone with red and yellow marrow

8. -------------- limits bone growth

(a) Endosteum (b) Periosteum
(c) Matrix (d) Marrow

9. Matrix is not secreted by the cells in:

(a) Bone tissue (b) Cartilage tissue
(c) Blood tissue (d) Adipose tissue
10. The growth of bone is bidirectional because of the presence of _______ in both
periosteum and endosteum:
(a) Ossein (b) Osteoclasts
(c) Osteocytes (d) Osteoblasts

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ANSWER KEY
1. A 6. A
2. A 7. C
3. D 8. B
4. D 9. C
5. C 10. D