Across
- 4. tiny canals that allow blood vessels and nerves to pass through bone
- 6. the process of replacing other tissues with bone
- 8. a rare genetic disease that causes human connective tissue to turn into bone
- 9. required for the production of collagen
- 10. recycles and renews bone matrix; involves osteocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts
- 12. another word for spongy bone (two words)
- 14. a cell that builds bone; comes from osteoprogenitor cells
- 16. a hormone produced in the liver that allows you to absorb calcium from your food
- 18. your wrist and ankle bones are this type of bones
- 20. a bone dissolving cell
- 21. the vertebrae in your spine are this type of bone
- 22. bones the type of bone found in the scapula, sternum, ribs, and skull
- 23. the loss of bone mass (two words)
- 24. the enlarged end of a long bone
- 25. a gap near the ends of bones in children where growth occurs
- 26. where lipids (fats) are stored in the bones
Down
- 1. your kneecaps are this type of bones
- 2. the type of bones found in the arms, hands, legs, and feet
- 3. the process of depositing calcium salts
- 5. stimulates osteoblast activity
- 7. the dissolving of bone to release the minerals into the blood
- 11. the shaft of a long bone
- 12. the main mineral needed for bone formation and maintenance
- 13. the tiny "pits" that osteocytes live in
- 15. bone formation
- 17. vitamin D3
- 19. a mature bone cell