Bone crossword
Across
- 3. Bone Provides greater strength and rigidity and dampens sudden stress
- 5. Basic building unit of bone
- 7. bone Dense bone filled with organic ground substance and inorganic cells
- 10. Thin layer of connective tissue
- 12. Contains instructions on building and maintaining parts of the body
- 14. Cavity, Central cavity of bone shafts, forms red and white blood cells
- 15. Carries blood back to heart
- 16. Red liquid circulating in arteries and veins.
- 17. Central part of a long bone
- 18. Bone Marrow, Stores fat and produces cartilage, fat, and bone.
- 19. Bone Marrow, Contains developing red and white blood cells and megakaryocytes
- 20. Cartilage, White tissue at the ends of bones that help form joints and reduce friction
Down
- 1. vessels Small tubes which carry blood around the body
- 2. Cells found in mature bones
- 4. Membrane on the outside of the bone. Grows and repairs bones
- 6. Ending parts of a long bone
- 8. Allows blood vessels and nerves to travel through them
- 9. Carries blood to the rest of body
- 11. Cavity Holds bone marrow
- 13. Plate, Cartilage plate at each end of a long bone