Across
- 3. The central, hollowed-out area in the shaft of a long bone (two words, no spaces)
- 8. A bone cell
- 9. A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones and serves as an attachment for tendons
- 10. Classification of bones, bones thin, flattened, and usually curved (two words, no spaces)
- 11. Classification of bones, vertebrae and facial bones (two words, no spaces)
- 13. The soft connective tissue within the medullary cavity of bones, stores fat, stem cells, and creates red blood cells (two words, no spaces)
- 14. Classification of bones, cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle (two words, no spaces)
- 15. Layer of bone tissue that has many small spaces and is found just inside the layer of compact bone (two words, no spaces)
Down
- 1. Covers the surfaces of bones where they come together to form joints (two words, no spaces)
- 2. A structural unit of compact bone consisting of a central canal surrounded by concentric cylindrical lamellae of matrix
- 4. The major calcium salt in bones (two words, no spaces)
- 5. Hard, dense bone tissue that is beneath the outer membrane of a bone (two words, no spaces)
- 6. The formation of bone tissue
- 7. Classification of bones, round bones found near joints (e.g., the patella) (two words, no spaces)
- 12. Classification of bones, bones that are longer than they are wide (two words, no spaces)