Skeletal Crossword Puzzle

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