The Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 3. surgical realignment of bones
  2. 5. site of spongy bone in the adult
  3. 6. bone cells that liquefy bone matrix
  4. 7. "residences" of osteocytes
  5. 9. released when Ca levels drop
  6. 11. mature bone cells
  7. 13. site of hemotopoiesis in the adult
  8. 14. a result of twisting forces
  9. 15. matrix-depositing bone cells
Down
  1. 1. tiny canals connecting lacunae
  2. 2. non-surgical; splinting of bone
  3. 4. site of longitudinal growth in a child
  4. 8. results from disuse or lack of exercise
  5. 10. site of fat storage in the adult
  6. 12. fracture; ends do not penetrate the skin