Payton Moore: Bones and Skeletal Tissues
Across
- 3. the flared portion of a long bone found near the epiphysis
- 4. a moderate prominence where muscles and connective tissue attach
- 7. a bone found within a tendon
- 10. a raised or prominent part of the edge of a bone
- 12. a membrane that adheres to all bone and contains vessels and nerves
- 15. bones that lack symmetry
- 16. a small rounded point of bone
- 18. the column of bone known as the vertebral column
- 20. a projection from a structure
Down
- 1. cartilage that covers the end of bones to create a low-friction environment and cushion at the joint surface
- 2. a shallow depression or hollow
- 5. bones that are longer than they are wide
- 6. dense compacted plates of bone that forms the outer cortex of the bone
- 8. a large prominence that often provides structural support to the overlying hyaline cartilage
- 9. a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body
- 11. the formation of red blood cells
- 13. the center canal in an osteum
- 14. the long shaft portion of a long bone
- 17. honeycomb like matrix of bone with holes called "trabecule"
- 19. the knobby end region of a long bone