Bone Characteristics Cross Word
Across
- 3. The kneecap, a sesamoid bone
- 5. Those with this disease break their bones easily
- 7. A thin layer/membrane of tissue in bone
- 10. canal Microscopic tubes/tunnels that house fibers
- 14. Bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone
- 16. Cells that form new bone
- 17. Bone in the arm that runs from shoulder to elbow, a long bone
- 18. Canals between the lacunae of ossified bone
- 19. One of the two large bones of the forearm, a long bone
- 20. The breastbone, a flat bone
Down
- 1. Most proximal bones of the hand, a short bone
- 2. The spine, a irregular bone
- 4. Scientific name for bone shaft
- 6. Site of spongy bone in adult
- 8. Mature bone cells that maintain bones
- 9. The shoulder bone, a flat bone
- 11. Bone cells that liquify bone matrix and release calcium to the blood
- 12. Longest and strongest bone in the body, a long bone
- 13. Small Space containing osteocyte in bone
- 15. Site of compact bone in the adult