Across
- 4. Hormone that functions to increase blood calcium levels
- 5. First carpometacarpal joint is a _____joint
- 6. Is created when two bones fuse, Ex. epiphyseal cartilage of growing long bones
- 8. Intercarpal joints are _____joints
- 12. A reduction in bone mass that causes brittle, fragile bones
- 15. Adds layers of bone superficially
- 18. Rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves
- 19. Bone marrow that forms red blood cells
- 21. An ossification that produces flat dermal bones such as the clavicle and skull
- 22. Mature bone cells that maintain the bone matrix
- 23. A fibrous connection that binds teeth to bony sockets
- 24. Functions to decrease blood calcium levels
- 25. The deposition of calcium salts within a tissue, Kidney stones
- 26. The elbow is what type of joint
- 27. Bone marrow that stores fat as an energy source
- 28. Bones that are small, flat, irregular shaped, between the flat bones of the skull
Down
- 1. An immovable joint
- 2. Fracture of the radius, only one side of the shaft is broken and the other is bent
- 3. Deficiency of Vitamin D3
- 7. Type of joint in which bones are joined by cartilage
- 9. Joint that is freely movable
- 10. Bones that are box-like in appearance, Ex. carpal bones, tarsal bones
- 11. Cell that dissolves the fibers and matrix of bone
- 13. Bones that appear normal, although they are weak and flexible due to poor mineralization
- 14. A narrow groove
- 16. Fracture that is produced by twisting stresses that spread along the length of the bone
- 17. Ossification where bone replaces an existing hyaline cartilage model
- 20. Location on the epiphyseal plates