Skeletal System Crossword
Across
- 2. process where the matrix is reabsorbed on one surface of a bone and deposited on another
- 4. proximal and distal ends of bone
- 11. a clot around the site of the fracture
- 12. a break in a bone
- 13. process of bone development; cartilage is replaced by bone throughout childhood
- 17. bones and cartilage
- 19. area of growth in a long bone
- 20. bone shaft, body of the bone
Down
- 1. build up bone
- 3. when bone replaces the cartilage and stops growing
- 5. thin layer of cartilage covering epiphyseal, where the bone forms an articulation with another bone
- 6. where 2 bone surfaces come together, aka joint
- 7. areas of bone that project above the surface of the bone; attachments for tendons and ligaments
- 8. stem cells
- 9. growing bone, contains epiphyseal plate
- 10. fibrous, vascular, sensitive life support covering or sheath for bone
- 14. thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity
- 15. cylindrical space within diaphysis contains fatty yellow bone marrow
- 16. destroy/carve out old bone cells
- 18. opening or grove that allow blood vessels to enter the bone