Across
- 6. a temporary formation of fibroblasts and chondroblasts which forms at the area of a bone
- 7. broken bone portion is pressed inward
- 8. are found within the bone matrix in tiny cavities
- 9. a small channel or duct.
- 11. function is critical in the maintenance, repair, and remodeling of bones of the vertebral skeleton.
- 13. An empty space, gap, or hollow area
- 14. the resorption of old or damaged bone, followed by the deposition of new bone material
Down
- 1. any of the minute tubes which form a network in bone and contain blood vessels.
- 2. bone cells deprived of nutrition die
- 3. provide channels that allow the blood vessels that run through the central canals to connect to the blood vessels in the periosteum that surrounds the bone.
- 4. cells required for bone synthesis and mineralization
- 5. spongy bone
- 10. a thin layer
- 11. the process of bone formation
- 12. functional units of cortical bone.
