CH 4 Skeletal System
Across
- 4. "marble bones"
- 6. a lack of viatmin D in the diet
- 7. most common chronic metabolic disease
- 10. osteoarthritis is also known as
- 12. the end of a long bone
- 14. most common form of dwarfism
- 15. "brittle bones"
- 16. how many types of spina bifida are there?
Down
- 1. abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- 2. junction at which vertebral anamolies most commonly occur
- 3. arthritis, noninfectious inflammatory arthritis that affects joints symmetrically
- 5. an incomplete fx with the opposite cortex intact
- 8. primary malignant tumor arising in marrow of long bones
- 9. type of fx that occurs in an area of weakness caused by a pathologic process
- 11. the shaft of a long bone
- 13. most common cause of hematogenous spread