Skeletal System Words

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Across
  1. 3. promotes osteoblastic activity.
  2. 5. a cavity or depression, especially in bone.
  3. 6. a large multinucleate bone cell which absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing.
  4. 7. creates blood cells.
  5. 8. between the diaphysis and the epiphyses.
  6. 11. main shaft or body of bone long, cylindrical shape.
  7. 13. two bone surfaces come together (joint).
  8. 15. a small channel or duct.
  9. 16. area of bone that projects above the surface of bone.
  10. 17. the bone at the very top of your body
  11. 18. opening in the bone that allows blood vessels/nerves to enter.
Down
  1. 1. a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.
  2. 2. thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity.
  3. 4. a cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation.
  4. 7. thin connective tissue health associated with the blood vessels.
  5. 9. distal and proximal ends of the long bone.
  6. 10. found in the periosteum and in the marrow.
  7. 12. stimulates the absorption of calcium
  8. 14. a thin layer, membrane, or plate of tissue, especially in bone.