Crossbones Crossword
Across
- 5. Joint with greatest range of motion
- 9. Structure that connects bone to muscle
- 10. Region of cartilage at ends of bones where growth occurs
- 13. Chambers that enclose each osteocyte
- 15. Immoveable
- 24. Mature bone cells
- 26. Passage of blood vessels and nerves hat connect to periosteum
- 29. Structure that joins the 2 halves of the pelvic girdle
- 30. Bones that are roughly cube shaped
- 34. Cervical vertebra attached to skull, moves head forward and backward
- 36. Tiny passages of cytoplasm that connect osteocytes
- 38. Cells that produce matrix and form bone tissue
- 39. End of long bone
- 40. Last 2 pairs of ribs, not attached to sternum
- 41. Opening in skull where Spinal cord meets brain
Down
- 1. Slightly moveable
- 2. bones that are embedded in tendons
- 3. Shaft of bone
- 4. Concentric circles of matrix around haversian canal
- 6. Structure that connects bone to bone
- 7. Another name for formation of bone tissue
- 8. Hollow chamber in diaphysis
- 11. Includes all the bones of the appendages
- 12. Name for formation of bone tissue
- 14. Tissue that lines medullary cavity
- 16. Soft spots in infants skull
- 17. Passages of blood vessels and nerves at center of osteon
- 18. Formation of red blood cells in red bone marrow
- 19. Ribs attached directly to the sternum
- 20. Another name for spongy bone
- 21. Tissue that attaches ribs to sternum
- 22. Cells that reabsorb bone tissue
- 23. Membrane that covers bone and attaches to tendons and ligaments
- 25. Another name for dense bone
- 27. Connection points between skull bones
- 28. Type of joint enclosed in capsule
- 31. Cervical vertebra that pivots head
- 32. Includes skull, vertebrae, and rib cage
- 33. Any connection between 2 bones
- 35. Fundamental unit of bone tissue
- 37. Last fused vertebra that make up tailbone