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Match the rib structures to the correct term. 

Which hormone stimulates osteclasts to break down or resorb bone to raise blood calcium levels?

What term represents the layers of solid matrix of bone?

Blood calcium levels need to be maintained for which of the following reasons?

What term represents the calcium phosphate salts making up the matrix of bone?

inner spongy contents of intervertebral discs

Which bone term represents the small canals connecting the lacunae of the osteocytes?

Match the term to description/definition. 

Which type of lamina runs around the outside of the osteons just under the bone surface?

Match the structures to the correct term.