Anatomy of Long Bones
Across
- 2. growth plates; let your bones grow in length
- 5. shaft of the bone; made of compact bone
- 9. a tiny hole in the bone that blood vessels thread through
- 12. adipose tissue in the medullary cavity
- 13. a membrane made of connective tissue that covers the outisde of bones
- 14. connective tissue membrane that lines the medullary cavity
Down
- 1. epiphysis further from the trunk
- 3. hollow space filled with yellow marrow
- 4. knobby ends of the bone filled with spongy bone
- 6. filled with red marrow; found in the ends of bones
- 7. found at the end of long bones; protects the bones
- 8. found in the ends of our bones; produces red blood cells
- 10. epiphysis closer to the trunk
- 11. makes up the shaft of bone; has fewer spaces