Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 2. dried up
  2. 4. Bone destroying cells
  3. 7. are round, usually small, bones embedded in tendons
  4. 8. constitutes approximately 20% of the total bone mass and is lighter and less dense than compact bone
  5. 10. is bone development from membranes such as those found in the flat bones of the skull
  6. 12. consists of bones of the shoulder and pelvic gridles and bones of the upper and lower extremities
  7. 14. study of bones
  8. 15. cartilage
  9. 16. line of ossified bone indicating where previous bone growth occurred at the epiphyseal plate in long bones
Down
  1. 1. possess a broad, flat surface
  2. 3. Bone-forming cells
  3. 5. is a type of connective tissue
  4. 6. is the process of bone destruction by osteoclasts and bone formation by osteoblasts
  5. 9. constitutes approximately 80% of the total adult bone mass and forms the hard outer shell of the bone
  6. 11. is bone development from cartilage
  7. 13. is the cylindrical shaft of the long bone
  8. 15. to break