Understanding the Human Body

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Across
  1. 7. a round nodule or small eminence
  2. 8. a large projection of a bone
  3. 9. bone type that uniquely protects the organs
  4. 10. distinct border or ridge, usually rough
  5. 11. the hollow center of long bones that contains bone marrow
  6. 12. air space found in some skull bones
  7. 14. holes that allow a vessel or nerve to pass through or between bone
  8. 16. short channel or passageway
  9. 17. bone type that supports the body's weight and facilitates movement
  10. 19. covering that lines the marrow cavity of a bone
  11. 20. depression on a bone surface
  12. 21. the shaft of long bones
Down
  1. 1. bone type that provides stability and is as long as they are wide
  2. 2. Osteoblasts that embed within the bone matrix
  3. 3. cells responsible for the breakdown and reabsorption of bone
  4. 4. rounded knob-like end separated from the rest of the body of a long bone
  5. 5. the ends of long bones
  6. 6. bone type that is embedded in tendons to protect from wear
  7. 13. sharp projections from the bone surface
  8. 15. bone building and bone repairing cells located in the periosteum
  9. 18. covering located on the outer surface of bones