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