Skeletal Crossword

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