Skeletal System Vocabulary
Across
- 1. bone shatters into many pieces
- 3. enlarged ends of long bones
- 4. joining point of epiphysis and diaphysis
- 5. space within the bone filled with marrow
- 8. process by which tissue and cartilage becomes bone
- 11. cube shaped bone, i.e. bones of the carpus and tarsus
- 14. framework of structures that support and protect the body
- 17. bone longer than it is wide, i.e. humerus, radius, and femur
- 19. freely moveable joint
- 20. thin outer layer of bone covering
- 21. break completely across the bone
- 22. plate of bone, i.e. scapula
Down
- 2. consists of the skull and vertebrae
- 6. complex and irregularly shaped bone, i.e. vertebrae
- 7. bone does not break through the skin
- 9. bone breaks through the skin
- 10. break along the long axis of a bone
- 12. consists of fore and hind limbs
- 13. small, seed-shaped bone embedded in a tendon, i.e. proximal and distal sesamoids
- 15. thin inner layer of bone covering; lines medullary cavity
- 16. break on one side of a bone, usually due to a bending force
- 18. body of a long bone