Skeletal System
Across
- 1. The lining of the medullary cavity.
- 3. The ____ canal carries blood and nerves in an osteon.
- 5. The ____ line is the remnant of the growth plate.
- 9. The central shaft of a long bone.
- 11. Bone making cells.
- 14. Rings of bone matrix.
- 17. Columns of spongy bone.
- 18. Carpals and tarsals are this type of bone.
- 22. The ____ canal carries blood between osteons.
- 23. Ossification of membranes into flat bones.
- 24. Bone dissolving cells.
- 26. Another name for spongy bone.
Down
- 2. Region between diaphysis and epiphysis.
- 4. Include the ribs, os coxa, and sternum.
- 6. Bone maintaining cells.
- 7. Bones that form inside tendons.
- 8. Canals connecting lacunae.
- 10. The collagenous skin of a bone.
- 12. Marrow that contains adipocytes.
- 13. Stem cells that become osteoblasts.
- 15. Blood producing marrow.
- 16. Hollow bones like the femur or humerus.
- 19. The end caps of a long bone.
- 20. Cavities in bones that house the osteocytes.
- 21. Bones, like the vertebrae, that don’t fit into other classes.
- 24. The unit of compact bone.
- 25. Ossification of cartilage into non-flat bones.