Across
- 7. spongy bone consisting of numerous branching bony plates
- 10. forms the back of the skull and the base of the cranium
- 12. the five bones of the palm
- 13. form the roof and sides of the skull, just behind the frontal bone
- 14. a triangular structure, composed of 5 vertebrae, that forms the base of the vertebral column
- 16. break down old or damaged bone cells.
- 17. lower jawbone
- 19. the formation of a bone
- 20. rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward
- 22. small, nodular bone that develops within a tendon
- 24. encloses and protects the brain
- 25. forms anterior part of skull
Down
- 1. The shaft of the bone
- 2. a thick tissue that completely covers the bone.
- 3. collar bone
- 4. cranium and facial bones
- 5. the process of blood cell formation
- 6. (are membranous areas of incomplete intramembranous ossification
- 8. knee cap
- 9. have long longitudinal axes and expanded ends
- 11. where Osteocytes pass nutrients and gases through the matrix via tiny canals
- 13. fourteen bones of the finger
- 15. located along the midline in the anterior portion of the thoracic cage
- 18. Normally humans have 12 pairs of _____
- 21. a small rudimentary tailbone composed of four fused vertebrae Thoracic cage
- 23. have roughly equal lengths of widths