Skeletal System
Across
- 1. fracture that breaks the skin
- 2. Sternum,ribs, cranial bones
- 4. the process of creating bone
- 10. type of arthritis that results from wear and tear of cartilage
- 11. type of bone tissue that is found within bone ends
- 13. joints that are freely movable
- 14. joints that are slightly movable
- 18. cells that breakdown bone tissue for repair or to release calcium; bone destroying cells
- 19. joints that are immovable
- 21. porous bone condition
- 23. occurs in red marrow or at bone ends in adults
- 24. fracture that crushes porous bone
- 25. most superior section of vertebrae
- 26. blood filled swelling
- 28. type of arthritis that is an autoimmune disease
- 29. tissue from which the fetal skeleton is made
Down
- 1. element needed for strength of bones
- 3. type of arthritis that results from build up of uric acid
- 5. fracture that does not break the skin
- 6. coxal bones, vertebrae, zygomatic bones
- 7. Carpals and tarsals
- 8. offers protection to the diaphysis of the long bone
- 9. ribs that do not connect to the sternum
- 12. type of bone tissue that is found along the diaphysis of the bone
- 13. the end of a long bone that would connect to other bones
- 15. vertebrae that attach to the ribs
- 16. femur,tibia,ulna
- 17. cells that lay down new bone tissue
- 20. fracture that breaks weak bones into fragments
- 22. number of lumbar vertebrae
- 27. ribs that have a direct connection to the sternum