Across
- 2. vitamins required for normal bone development
- 4. color of bone marrow made up of fatty tissue
- 6. growth from within the cartilage itself
- 11. growth along the cartilage's periphery
- 12. unit of mature compact bone
- 14. involved in resorption of calcium & phosphate
- 16. decreased bone mass impairs normal function
Down
- 1. detect mechanical stress; maintain bone matrix
- 3. shaft portion of bone
- 5. also known as the growth plate
- 7. formation of bone connective tissue
- 8. each end of a long bone, expanded knobby region
- 9. hormone produced by anterior pituitary gland
- 10. also called cortical bone; solid; dense
- 13. formed from stem cells; produces new bone
- 15. also called trabecular bone; appears porous