LONG BONE FRACTURE EXAMPREP
STUDY GUIDE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Diaphysis. Answer: The shaft or central part of a long bone.
●● Articular cartilage. Answer: covers the surfaces of bones where they
come together to form joints
●● Epiphyseal line. Answer: remnant of the epiphyseal plate, seen in
adult bones
●● Spongy bone. Answer: loosely organized bone tissue
●● Compact bone. Answer: dense, hard layers of bone tissue that lie
underneath the periosteum
●● Osteoblast. Answer: bone forming cell that arises from an osteogenic
cell
●● Osteocyte. Answer: A mature bone cell made when osteoblast
become surrounded by its own matrix
STUDY GUIDE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Diaphysis. Answer: The shaft or central part of a long bone.
●● Articular cartilage. Answer: covers the surfaces of bones where they
come together to form joints
●● Epiphyseal line. Answer: remnant of the epiphyseal plate, seen in
adult bones
●● Spongy bone. Answer: loosely organized bone tissue
●● Compact bone. Answer: dense, hard layers of bone tissue that lie
underneath the periosteum
●● Osteoblast. Answer: bone forming cell that arises from an osteogenic
cell
●● Osteocyte. Answer: A mature bone cell made when osteoblast
become surrounded by its own matrix
