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