Skeletal system
Across
- 8. fractured ends of bone in alignment, skin remains intact
- 13. small cavity in osteocyte
- 14. immature blood cells
- 16. disease that disrupts the replacement of old bone tissue
- 17. huge cells made of 50 WBC’s
- 19. site of spongy bone
Down
- 1. maintained by bone resorption by osteoclasts, releases calcium into the bloodstream
- 2. area of a bone that projects above the surface, attachments for tendons and ligaments
- 3. where two bones meet
- 4. canal in ossified bone
- 5. sesamoid bone
- 6. type of fracture that occurs at an angle that is not ninety degrees
- 7. type of fracture that results in many small pieces
- 9. scientific name for bone shaft
- 10. a condition in which bones become weak and brittle
- 11. layer in compact bone tissue, has osteocytes
- 12. function of the skeletal system
- 14. mature bone cells
- 15. tissue that contains no osteons or blood vessels
- 18. (plate)site of fat storage