Skeletal System Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the end of the long bone
  2. 5. a break in the bone
  3. 7. cells involved in resorption of bone tissue
  4. 9. fibrous tissue covering the bone
  5. 10. the production of blood cells and platelets in bone marrow
  6. 14. degenerative joint disease
  7. 15. act of increasing the angle between two bones
  8. 17. partially moveable joint
  9. 22. loss of calcium in bone, causing brittleness
  10. 23. causes bones to soften due to lack of Vitamin D
  11. 24. movement away from midline or axis of body
  12. 25. hunchback, humped curvature in spinal column
Down
  1. 1. skeleton of head and trunk
  2. 2. forward curvature of lumbar region of spine
  3. 3. act of decreasing the angle between two bones
  4. 6. layer of cartilage separating adjacent vertebrae in spine
  5. 8. moveable joints
  6. 11. bone cancer
  7. 12. inflammation of bone
  8. 13. shaft of long bone
  9. 16. movement of part of body or limb towards the midline of body
  10. 18. lining of the medullary cavity in the long bone
  11. 19. cell that secretes matrix for bone formation
  12. 20. lateral curvature of the spine
  13. 21. allows a bone to move around a central axis