Across
- 3. present simultaneously at many different sites at surfaces of trabecular and cortical bones
- 7. A temporary, immature bone tissue with a less organized structure compared to mature lamellar bone
- 8. (hard) callus formation
- 9. osteoid tissue
- 12. bones are the primary reservoir for...
- 13. cell death
- 14. cells that are 'bone builders'
- 17. enlarged during increase of bone diameter/thickness
Down
- 1. high concentrations of calcium causes which gland to release calcitonin?
- 2. mesenchymal cells that differentiate into osteoblasts group into...
- 4. loose embroyonic connective tissue containing undifferentiated mesenchymal cells that develop into most of the body's connective tissues.
- 5. zone of reserve cartilage
- 6. Small amounts are necessary for normal bone development, but large amounts block bone growth
- 10. osteoclasts digest old bone
- 11. growth plate or physis
- 12. main organic component of the bone matrix
- 15. shaping and reshaping existent bone
- 16. when osteoblasts lay down new bone until the resorbed bone is completely replaced