skeletal system
Across
- 4. blood cell formation
- 5. shaft of bone
- 7. realignment of the broken bone ends
- 11. skeleton with bones of longitudinal axis of body
- 12. bone breaks incompletely
- 13. outside covering of diaphysis
- 14. long bone that forms arm
- 17. bone building cells
- 20. bone destroying cells
- 21. skeleton with limbs and girdles
- 22. mature bone cells
- 25. narrow slitlike opening
- 28. bone is crushed
Down
- 1. broken bone ends are forced into each other
- 2. process of bone formation
- 3. cartilage that covers the epiphyses and reduces friction at joints
- 6. bone that is thin and flattened
- 8. bone breaks into three or more fragments
- 9. cavity that contains yellow marrow in adults
- 10. broken bone is pressed inward
- 15. describes bone that is dense and smooth
- 16. tiny canals
- 18. bone that is cube shaped
- 19. bone breaks due to excessive twisting
- 23. ends of long bones
- 24. narrow ridge of bone
- 26. collar bone
- 27. describes bone that has open appearance