Smyser, B. - Chapter 3 - Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 2. a mechanical appliance that is specifically designed to control, correct, or compensate for impaired limb function
  2. 6. only moveable bone in the skull
  3. 7. fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas that are subject to friction
  4. 9. pulling force exerted on a limb in the distal direction in an effort to return the bone or joint to normal alignment
  5. 10. shaft of a long bone
  6. 11. blood within a joint
  7. 12. largest tarsal bone
  8. 14. cancer in the blood-making cells of the red bone marrow
  9. 15. upper portion of the sternum
  10. 16. the forward slipping movement of the body of a lumbar vertebrae on the vertebrae or sacrum below it
Down
  1. 1. surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint
  2. 2. death of bone tissue due to insufficient blood supply
  3. 3. posterior space behind the knee where ligaments, blood vessels, and muscles are located
  4. 4. a bulging deposit around the area of a break as the bone heals
  5. 5. the surgical repair of the skull
  6. 8. tough, fibrous tissue that forms the outermost covering of bone
  7. 13. examination of the internal structure of a joint