Medical Biolgy

2. canal-Any of the various canals in bone that transmit blood vessels from the periosteum into the bone.
5. of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
8. plate-The area between the epiphysis and the diaphysis within which bone growth occurs.
9. abnormally large amount of calcium in the blood.
10. investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
11. most common form of arthritis.
12. of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D.
13. small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
14. cell of osseous tissue within the bone matrix; a bone cell.
15. part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
16. fracture-an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact.
17. development of fibrous connective tissue.
19. thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
20. zone of growth between the epiphysis and diaphysis during development of a bone.
21. inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, usually caused by bacterial infection.
22. disease-A chronic disease of the elderly characterized by alteration of bone tissue.
23. bone-forming cell.
24. breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.

1. canal-a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
3. sudden removal of soil by change in a river's course or by a flood, from the land of one owner to that of another.
4. sarcoma-a malignant tumor of the bone.
6. Anatomy-of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
7. disorder in which the bones become increasingly brittle.
9. of the parathyroid gland.
18. of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue, as in the formation of canals.