Bone Characteristics Cross Word

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Across
  1. 3. The kneecap, a sesamoid bone
  2. 5. Those with this disease break their bones easily
  3. 7. A thin layer/membrane of tissue in bone
  4. 10. canal Microscopic tubes/tunnels that house fibers
  5. 14. Bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone
  6. 16. Cells that form new bone
  7. 17. Bone in the arm that runs from shoulder to elbow, a long bone
  8. 18. Canals between the lacunae of ossified bone
  9. 19. One of the two large bones of the forearm, a long bone
  10. 20. The breastbone, a flat bone
Down
  1. 1. Most proximal bones of the hand, a short bone
  2. 2. The spine, a irregular bone
  3. 4. Scientific name for bone shaft
  4. 6. Site of spongy bone in adult
  5. 8. Mature bone cells that maintain bones
  6. 9. The shoulder bone, a flat bone
  7. 11. Bone cells that liquify bone matrix and release calcium to the blood
  8. 12. Longest and strongest bone in the body, a long bone
  9. 13. Small Space containing osteocyte in bone
  10. 15. Site of compact bone in the adult