Bone Structure and Function crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Spongy bone consists of many branching bony plates
  2. 6. The osteocytes and layers of extracellular matrix called lamellae are concentrically clustered around a central canal, forming a cylinder-shaped unit
  3. 8. Develop in fetus from masses of hyaline cartilage shaped like future bony structure
  4. 10. At the end of a long bone forms a joint(articulates) with another bone
  5. 11. Shaft of the bone
  6. 12. Once osteoblasts are in lacunae surrounded by matrix, osteocytes in lacunae are rather evenly spaced within the lamella
Down
  1. 1. Outer surface of the articulating portion of the epiphysis is coated with a layer of hyaline cartilage
  2. 3. Tightly packed tissues that make up the wall of the diaphysis
  3. 4. Compact bone in the diaphysis of a long bone forms a tube with a hollow chamber
  4. 5. Mesenchymal cells that are part of the connective tissues and enlarge/further differentiate into bone-forming cells
  5. 7. A bone is enclosed by a tough, vascular covering of dense connective tissue
  6. 9. Large multinucleated cells, break down the calcified matrix
  7. 13. Thin layers of compact bone on their surface that composes the epiphyses