Bone Characteristics
Across
- 3. the surface feature of bones vary considerably, depending on the function and location in the body
- 4. triglyceride storage tissue
- 5. hemopoietic tissue
- 12. one end of the broken bone tears through the skin
- 13. the proximal and distal end of the bone
- 16. forms after bone stops growing
- 17. straight across the long axis of the bone
- 18. bone segments are pulled apart as a result of a twisting motion
- 19. growing bone, containing epiphyseal (growth) plate
- 20. bone building cells (extracellular matrix)
Down
- 1. mature bone cells (main cells)
- 2. cylinder like shape, longer than it is wide
- 6. area of growth in a long bone
- 7. huge cells made up of 50 WBC
- 8. hard bone, strongest form of bone tissue
- 9. cube like shape, approx equal length, width, and thickness
- 10. space within the shaft of a bone that contains red or yellow bone barrow
- 11. membrane lining the medullary cavity
- 14. skin is still intact
- 15. bone shaft or body