Across
- 1. Also known commonly known as the kneecap.
- 2. Lower back vertebra, below the ribs.
- 7. The end of a long bone.
- 10. Cells that break-down calcified bone tissue (matrix).
- 14. Foot bones.
- 16. Membranous borders between an infants cranial bones allow them to slide over each other to facilitate birth. They later ossify.
- 17. The foramen (opening) where the spinal cord exits the skull.
- 19. Bone cells.
- 20. The largest & most superior hip bone.
- 22. The "Adam's Apple" bone that tongue muscles attach to.
- 25. The shaft of a long bone.
- 27. Wrist bones.
- 28. Between the most inferior "last" lumbar vertebra (L5) and coccyx.
- 31. Bone that helps form the prominence of the cheek.
Down
- 1. Finger & toe bones.
- 3. The hip's cup-shaped cavity that receives the femur head.
- 4. The most inferior portion of the sternum.
- 5. Cylinder-shaped unit of compact bone also called a Haversian System.
- 6. Hand bones.
- 8. Vertebra with ribs attached, posteriorly.
- 9. Thyroid hormone that decreases calcium levels in your blood by stimulating osteoblasts to form bone tissue. It opposes the parathyroid hormone that increases blood calcium levels.
- 11. The bones that enclose and protect the brain.
- 12. The 1st vertebra (V1 - most superior) that supports the head.
- 13. Bone forming cells.
- 15. Blood cell formation.
- 18. The 2nd vertebra (V2) allowing the head to turn side to side.
- 21. The cavity in the center of a long bone.
- 23. The only moveable bone in the skull.
- 24. Ankle bones.
- 26. Air-filled cavities in the skull
- 29. Neck vertebra.
- 30. The "tailbone" at the bottom of the vertebral column.