Across
- 3. forms embryonic structure, which later forms bone
- 5. connective tissue covering of bone
- 6. intervertebral disks between vertebrae
- 8. Cartilage-forming cells that build a model of the future bone
- 11. in shaft and ends of long bones,
- 13. hard elements of the skeleton; specialized connective tissue
- 14. only in ends of long bones
- 15. cells that remove bone
- 16. midline of body
Down
- 1. cushions vertebrae and reduces friction in joints
- 2. attach bones to other bones
- 4. bones of the appendages and their attachment structures
- 7. loss of bone mass due to prolonged imbalance of osteoblast and osteoclast activity.
- 9. Arragned in rings
- 10. bone-forming cells
- 12. attach bones to muscle