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