Bone Histology

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Across
  1. 1. mature bone of the outer cortex
  2. 7. largest component of bone extracellular matrix by weight
  3. 8. the shaft of a long bone
  4. 10. [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2]
  5. 11. a thin rod of immature bone
  6. 12. bone eating cells
  7. 15. term used to describe the organic component of bone ECM
  8. 18. 'little canals' containing the arms of bone cells
  9. 20. one other name for immature bone
  10. 22. mature bone formed from interlocking rods
  11. 23. mature bone cells living in lacunae
  12. 24. the end of a long bone
Down
  1. 2. phosphate loving matrix vesicle enzyme, (8, 11 with 9-down)
  2. 3. squash inside the bony medulla
  3. 4. quiescent bone-lining cell found lining the internal surfaces of bone
  4. 5. embryonic connective tissue from which bone cells are born
  5. 6. glycoprotein that binds bone cells to the ECM
  6. 9. see 2-down
  7. 13. fancy name for the bone of 22-across in the flat bones of the skull
  8. 14. tangential rival of English physician Dr. Havers
  9. 15. bone protein that collects and concentrates calcium during mineralization
  10. 16. the main collagen of bone
  11. 17. small collagen bundling proteoglycan that is more than just an ornament
  12. 19. type of lamellae that appear as partial versions of 21-down in the bone cortex
  13. 21. structural unit of 1-across