Skeletal Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. dense bone
- 7. no body
- 9. protect the heart and lungs
- 11. upper part of the sternum
- 13. Limbs and girdles.
- 15. bone forming cells
- 19. bones with open space
- 20. connect to rib 7
- 21. small body
- 24. mature bone cells
- 25. a bone that is longer than it is wide
- 26. hole in the bone
- 27. broken bone ends are forced into each other
- 29. encloses the spinal cord
- 31. excessive twisting forces are applied to the bone
Down
- 1. bone destroying cells
- 2. shaft of the bone
- 3. bone is crushed
- 5. bone breaks incompletely
- 6. broken bone portion is pressed inward
- 8. connect from the spine to the sternum
- 10. bottom of the sternum
- 12. spongy bones that have an outer layer of compact bone
- 14. separated by pads of cartilage
- 16. Forms the longitudinal axis of the body.
- 17. bone breaks into three or more fragments
- 18. come out of the spine and do not connect with any other bone
- 22. bones that are as wide as they are long
- 23. middle part of the sternum
- 28. ends of the bone
- 30. usually bones that protect organs