Chapter 7: Skeletal Structure Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. branching bony plates that make up the spongy bone
  2. 5. tiny cells through which osteocytes pass nutrients and gases
  3. 6. the shaft of the bone
  4. 9. thornlike projection
  5. 11. relatively deep pit or depression
  6. 16. cartilage covers the epiphyses
  7. 17. occupies the spongy bone of the skull, ribs, sternum, clavicles, vertebrae, and pelvis in adults
  8. 18. bone cells located within chambers called lacunae
  9. 21. long with expanded ends
  10. 22. bone-resorbing cells that break down the calcified matrix
Down
  1. 1. varied shape
  2. 3. expanded ends of bones that form joints with adjacent bones
  3. 4. cavity within a bone
  4. 7. a thin layer of cells that lines the medullary cavity
  5. 8. bones small, nodular bones that develop within a tendon
  6. 10. bone-building cells that deposit bone in place of calcified cartilage
  7. 12. almost equal in length and width
  8. 13. a tough layer of dense connective tissue that covers the bone and is continuous with ligaments and tendons
  9. 14. plate-like shape with a broad surface
  10. 15. a hormone that stimulates osteoblasts to deposit bone matrix
  11. 19. narrow, ridgelike projection
  12. 20. stores fat and occupies most cavities of bone in adults