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