Skeletal Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. a common fracture in the skull, forms a dent
  2. 8. ribs that don't attach to anything
  3. 10. bone destroying cells
  4. 11. the bone breaks incompletely and is common in children
  5. 12. bone type that is long with spongy ends
  6. 14. subsection of the skeleton that includes the torso
  7. 15. small bone type found in the wrist and ankles
  8. 17. protects the heart and lungs
  9. 19. vertebrae labeled as C1-C7
  10. 20. the shaft of the bone
  11. 24. contains yellow marrow in adults and red marrow in infants
  12. 25. 3 bones fused together, an anchor point for the true ribs
  13. 26. the bone type of the scapula
  14. 27. a type of rib that connects to rib 7
  15. 29. mature bone cells
  16. 30. a twisting force breaks the bone
  17. 31. one function of the skeletal system, starts with m
Down
  1. 1. ribs 1-7, connect from spine to sternum
  2. 3. bone type that does not fit in the other categories
  3. 4. the bone is crushed
  4. 5. the smoothest substance know to humans
  5. 6. subsection of the skeleton that includes the limbs of the body
  6. 7. the outside covering of the diaphysis
  7. 9. the process of cartilage turning into bone
  8. 13. bone-forming cells
  9. 16. the ends of a bone, mostly spongy
  10. 18. a type of fracture where the bone breaks into small pieces
  11. 21. a fracture where two broken ends are forced into eachother
  12. 22. vertebrae located at the bottom of the spinal cord, L1-L5
  13. 23. the most superior bone of the sternum
  14. 28. connects the ribs to the sternum