CH 4 Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 4. most common chronic metabolic disease
  2. 7. how many types of spina bifida are there?
  3. 8. most common form of dwarfism
  4. 9. noninfectious inflammatory arthritis that affects joints symmetrically
  5. 11. type of fx that occurs in an area of weakness caused by a pathologic process
  6. 13. a lack of viatmin D in the diet
  7. 14. abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
  8. 16. the end of a long bone
Down
  1. 1. osteoarthritis is also known as
  2. 2. junction at which vertebral anamolies most commonly occur
  3. 3. primary malignant tumor arising in marrow of long bones
  4. 5. an incomplete fx with the opposite cortex intact
  5. 6. "brittle bones"
  6. 10. the shaft of a long bone
  7. 12. "marble bones"
  8. 15. most common cause of hematogenous spread