Across
- 2. suffix for growth
- 3. attaches muscle to bone
- 6. prefix for surrounding/around
- 7. prefix for between
- 9. the type of fracture that is incomplete.
- 12. prefix for head
- 14. prefix for bone
- 16. the scapula is an example of a ____ bone.
- 17. the covering on the ends of bones that allows for frictionless movement
- 20. prefix for cartilage
- 21. prefix for bone
- 23. prefix for upon
- 24. the process of incorporating calcium & minerals into cartilage to become bone.
- 25. suffix for an abnormal condition
- 26. the type of bone that contains trabeculae.
Down
- 1. A bone cell that is mature and completely surrounded by matrix.
- 4. prefix for femur
- 5. attaches bone to bone
- 8. prefix for little neck
- 10. suffix for breaking down
- 11. suffix for immature germ cell
- 13. the mass of blood that forms first when a broken bone is being repaired.
- 15. the patella is an example of a ____ bone.
- 18. suffix for cell
- 19. the end of a long is called a/an _____.
- 20. prefix for skull
- 22. the five functions of the skeletal system are support, movement, manufacturing, protection, & ______.