Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 4. fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
  2. 5. dense/hard, appears smooth, longer than wide, long shaft with enlarged ends
  3. 8. supplies bone cells with nutrients
  4. 9. forms a cage to protect major organs
  5. 11. limbs and girdles that attach them to axial
  6. 15. ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone
  7. 16. knee cap
Down
  1. 1. forehead/upper part of the bony structure surrounding the eyes
  2. 2. bone-destroying cells
  3. 3. the longer of the forearm bones
  4. 6. ends of the bone, composed mostly of spongy bone
  5. 7. rings of hard calcified matrix surrounding haversion canals
  6. 10. allow for growth of long bone during childhood
  7. 12. irregularly shaped bone located between the eye orbits
  8. 13. the cheekbones
  9. 14. smallest bone in the body