Skeletal Crossword
Across
- 5. a break in a bone.
- 7. shoulder blade.
- 9. these bones are typically longer than they are wide.
- 11. hormones released when calcium ion levels in blood are low.
- 13. these bones do not fit into other bone classification categories.
- 14. collarbone.
- 15. canals that are perpendicular to the central canal and carries blood vessels and nerves.
- 17. is small needlelike pieces of bone and many open spaces.
- 18. add bone matrix.
- 19. are the ends of a long bone.
Down
- 1. these bones are generally cube-shaped.
- 2. canals that are opening in the center of an osteon
- 3. these bones are thin, flattened, and usually curved.
- 4. are concentric circles of lacunae.
- 6. is dense, smooth, and homogeneous.
- 8. is the shaft of a long bone.
- 10. soft spots in the fetal skull.
- 12. remove bone.
- 16. dowager’s hump.