Quiz Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. The bones of the ______________act as a hard shell to protect the internal organs—such as the brain and the heart—from damage caused by external forces.[Points: 1] axial skeleton appendicular skeleton Almost every skeletal muscle works by pulling _________or more bones either closer together or further apart.[Points: 1] two three one The _________ bone marrow inside of our hollow long bones is used to store energy in the form of lipids.[Points: 1] Yellow Red Digestion starts in the:[Points: 1] mouth pharynx esophagus stomach intestines The process by which the osseous tissue slowly replaces the cartilage and fibrous tissue is called _________________.[Points: 1] Calcification Ossification At birth, the skeleton of a newborn has more than 300 bones; as a person ages, these bones grow together and fuse into larger bones, leaving adults with only _______ bones.[Points: 1] 156 196 206 The process of endochondral ossification where the diaphysis grows inside of cartilage from a primary ossification center until it forms most of the bone is the way _______________are formed.[Points: 1] flat bones growth plates long bones The smallest bones in our body are in our ears.[Points: 1] True False The skull is composed of 22 bones that are fused together except for the mandible.[Points: 1] True False If you had a herniated disc in your C-1 vertebra, in which part of your spine would this be located:[Points: 1] Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacrum Coccyx