Skeletal system
Across
- 4. where two bones meet
- 6. site of spongy bone
- 9. function of the skeletal system
- 10. fractured ends of bone in alignment, skin remains intact
- 12. disease that disrupts the replacement of old bone tissue
- 13. scientific name for bone shaft
- 14. sesamoid bone
- 15. layer in compact bone tissue, has osteocytes
Down
- 1. maintained by bone resorption by osteoclasts, releases calcium into the bloodstream
- 2. small cavity in osteocyte
- 3. huge cells made of 50 WBC’s
- 5. mature bone cells
- 6. (plate)site of fat storage
- 7. a condition in which bones become weak and brittle
- 8. immature blood cells
- 11. canal in ossified bone