Skeletal Crossword
Across
- 3. disease that makes bones fragile, and easily fracture.
- 6. is composed of two bones that attach the upper limb to the axial skeleton:
- 10. 14 fingers and thumb bones.
- 13. cover hyaline cartilage model with bone matrix.
- 14. cavities in bone matrix that house osteocytes.
- 17. vertebral collapse.
- 19. 12 in the chest region.
- 23. high blood calcium levels.
- 25. forms the limbs and is composed of 126 bones.
- 28. 5 bones that form the sole of the foot.
- 30. remove bone from the inner surface of the diaphysis.
- 32. the thigh bone.
- 33. the lower limbs.
- 35. base of tail.
- 41. when bones grow in width.
- 44. allow no movement.
- 45. secure periosteum to underlying bone.
- 46. hollow portions of bones surrounding the nasal cavity.
- 50. dense, smooth, and homogeneous.
- 51. lines the inner surface of the shaft and made of connective tissue.
- 53. 7 ankle bones.
- 54. hold eyes in anterior position.
- 57. released when calcium ion levels in blood are low, activates osteoclasts.
- 60. the lateral bone in the lower arm.
- 62. the breastbone.
- 63. 14 bones that form the toes.
- 64. serves as a movable base for the tongue and aids in swallowing and speech.
- 67. a flat plate of hyaline cartilage seen in young, growing bone and causes lengthwise growth of a long bone.
- 68. allow a little movement.
- 69. tiny canals that radiate from the central canal to lacunae.
- 70. perpendicular to the central canal and carries blood vessels and nerves.
- 71. processes grow out from the bone surface.
- 72. enclose the brain.
Down
- 1. 7 in the neck.
- 2. cavities are indentations.
- 4. covers the external surface of the epiphyses and are made of hyaline cartilage.
- 5. runs lengthwise through bone; carries blood vessels and nerves.
- 7. concentric circles of lacunae situated around the central canal.
- 8. break in a bone.
- 9. the outside covering of the diaphysis and a fibrous connective tissue membrane
- 11. is thin and sticklike; lateral to the tibia.
- 12. shaft makes up most of bone’s length and composed of compact bone.
- 15. generally cube-shaped.
- 16. tailbones.
- 18. is formed by two coxal bones.
- 20. provides axial support and extends from skull to the pelvis.
- 21. the medial bone in the lower arm.
- 22. do not fit into other bone classification categories.
- 24. the collarbone.
- 26. 5 in the lower back.
- 27. allow a free range of motion.
- 29. are 5 palm bones.
- 31. the shoulder blade.
- 34. the shinbone.
- 36. a unit of bone containing central canal and matrix rings.
- 37. fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones, known as “soft spots”.
- 38. small needlelike pieces of bone and many open spaces.
- 39. inside the shaft and contains yellow marrow (mostly fat) in adults.
- 40. protect the heart and lungs.
- 42. the process of bone formation and occurs on hyaline cartilage models or fibrous membranes.
- 43. composed mostly of spongy bone enclosed by thin layer of compact bone.
- 47. forms the longitudinal axis of the body.
- 48. forms the upper arm.
- 49. articulations that occur where two or more bones meet. Hold bones together securely and often allow for mobility.
- 52. immoveable skull joints.
- 55. 8 wrist bones.
- 56. thin, flattened, and usually curved.
- 58. the upper limbs.
- 59. the remnant of the epiphyseal plate and is seen in adult bones
- 61. protects organs of the thoracic cavity.
- 65. forms the head.
- 66. typically longer than they are wide.