Skeletal System Activity

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Across
  1. 3. Bone replaces cartilage
  2. 4. Mineral salts are the _____ material of the ECM
  3. 6. Red bone marrow is a _____ tissue
  4. 8. Irregular pattern of thin columns of bone
  5. 9. Bone forms directly from embryonic tissue
  6. 12. Outer fibrous tissue that surrounds a bone
  7. 14. Bone stem cells
  8. 15. The skeletal system is derived from this germ layer
  9. 18. Bone is a _____ tissue because it is characterized by its extensive ECM
  10. 21. The process by which bone tissue grows
  11. 23. The hardening of bone tissue
  12. 24. The process of building up bone tissue
  13. 26. This type of stress is known to stimulate bone remodeling
  14. 27. This form of growth accounts for the extension of a long bone
Down
  1. 1. This form of bone growth results in the expansion of the surface area of a bone
  2. 2. Mitosis occurs in this zone of the metaphysis
  3. 5. The formation of bone
  4. 7. Cells that secrete the organic material of the ECM
  5. 10. This type of bone tissue is characterized by thin columns of bone that has spaces between them
  6. 11. Fiber of the ECM that make bone flexible
  7. 13. Binds bone to bone
  8. 16. This type of bone tissue is characterized by osteons tightly packed together
  9. 17. The process of breaking down bone tissue
  10. 19. Cell responsible for the maintenance of bone tissue
  11. 20. The cells associated with bone tissue constitute the _____ portion of the ECM
  12. 22. Soft tissue that occupies the spaces of bone
  13. 25. This cell has a ruffled border and secretes hydrochloric acid