The Skeletal System
Across
- 2. The type of bone tissue that contains many open spaces and is found at the ends of long bones.
- 5. Cells that digest the calcium phosphate in bone tissue during resorption.
- 7. The type of bone tissue that is dense and hard, good for external support.
- 8. Connective tissues that attach bone to bone at the joints.
- 9. Mature bone cells that release chemical signals to tell osteoclasts to go to bone damage.
- 10. Tissue found in the spongy bone responsible for producing blood cells (hematopoiesis).
Down
- 1. The dense connective tissue that covers the external surface of bones.
- 3. The process of bone formation.
- 4. Another term for a break in a bone.
- 6. A main function of the skeletal system, acting as a framework for the entire body.