Skeletal Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. bone at the sides of the skull near the ear and eye socket
- 4. type of ribs that connect to the true ribs
- 5. bone at the front/top of the skull
- 6. made of denser material with tiny spaces for blood vessels
- 8. bone at the ear area
- 12. bone below the sacrum; provides balance when one is seated
- 14. fracture which results from a twisting force
- 17. bone cells which break down bone tissue
- 20. bone behind the face/nose
- 23. fracture in which the bone is crushed
- 26. jaw bone
- 27. bone at the front and center of the chest
- 28. bone cell which absorbs bone tissue during its healing
- 30. fracture in which the bone is broken completely but ends do not penetrate the skin
- 32. fracture in which the bone splinters but does not break
Down
- 1. bone at the back and sides of the skull
- 3. bone at the bottom/back of the brain
- 4. type of ribs that do not connect to anything
- 7. cheek bone
- 9. bones at the chest and sides of the torso
- 10. bone made up of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone
- 11. type of ribs that connect to the sternum
- 13. fracture in which bones are broken into multiple pieces
- 15. fracture in which bone penetrates the skin (aka open fracture)
- 16. fracture in which the bone ends are forced into each other
- 18. bone cell which builds new bone tissue
- 19. made of lighter, more porous material
- 21. fracture typically in the skull
- 22. bone below the spine near the coccyx
- 24. bones that are as wide as they are long
- 25. bones that have an inner cavity containing bone marrow and two ends containing spongy bone
- 29. type of bone which does not fit any other category
- 31. inner cheek bone/upper mouth