Multiple Choice
The cells that maintain mature compact bone are __________.
If a person's spongy bone were all replaced by compact bone, how may that affect the function of their bones and skeleton?
Correctly order the following steps of bone growth in length, by placing a 1 by the first step, a 2 by the second step, and so on.
______Calcified cartilage is replaced with bone in the zone of ossification.
______Chondrocytes in the zone of proliferation divide by mitosis.
______Chondrocytes enter the zone of calcification and die as their matrix calcifies.
______Chondrocytes enlarge and cease dividing.