Across
- 2. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- 4. an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact.
- 9. A central canal and the concentric osseous lamellae encircling it, occurring in compact bone
- 10. an abnormally large amount of calcium in the blood.
- 14. an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, usually caused by bacterial infection.
- 15. various canals in bone that transmit blood vessels from the periosteum into the bone.
- 17. a bone-forming cell.
- 18. a malignant tumor of the bone.
- 21. a cell of osseous tissue within the bone matrix; a bone cell.
- 22. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- 23. a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- 25. the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer,
- 26. a part torn off.
Down
- 1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
- 3. Abnormal development of fibrous connective tissue.
- 5. overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones.
- 6. chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints leading to pain, stiffness, and swelling
- 7. a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- 8. The epiphyseal plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis
- 9. a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral
- 11. a chronic disease characterized by episodic accelerated bone resorption and growth
- 12. American pathologist who discovered bacteria of the genus Rickettsia
- 13. The zone of growth between the epiphysis and diaphysis during development of a bone.
- 16. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
- 19. one of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue
- 20. a small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
- 24. a part or process of a bone separated from the main body of the bone by a layer of cartilage and subsequently uniting with the bone through further ossification
