Across
- 2. typically longer and wider (bone)
- 9. Mature bone cells
- 11. bone breaks incompletely
- 16. ragged break occurs when excessive twisting force
- 17. butterfly shaped; forms part of cranial cavity
- 22. function of the skeletal system(3)
- 23. breaks into little pieces
- 25. bones that do not fit (bone)
- 26. 14 bones compose the face
- 27. "keystone" bones; form jaw
- 29. bone forming cells
- 31. made of small needle-like pieces and open space
Down
- 1. function of the skeletal system(5)
- 3. dense and appears homogenous (bone)
- 4. broken bone ends are forced into each other
- 5. only bone of the skull not connected by sutures
- 6. cheek bones
- 7. lies anterior to the sphenoid
- 8. bone destroying cells
- 10. bone is crushed
- 12. function of the skeletal system(1)
- 13. encloses the brain; made of 6 flat and 2 irregular bones
- 14. thin and unusually curved (bone)
- 15. cube shaped and mostly spongy bone (bone)
- 18. function of the skeletal system(4)
- 19. broken bone is pressing inward
- 20. bridge of the nose
- 21. does not penetrate the skin (fracture)
- 24. function of the skeletal system(2)
- 28. form the longitudinal axis of the body
- 30. broken bone penetrates the skin (fracture)