Across
- 2. These bones are thin, flat, and curved. They form the ribs, breastbone, and skull.
- 4. Joint between bones (as at the elbow or knee) that permits motion in only one plane
- 5. abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- 7. End of a long bone
- 10. Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column
- 11. inflammation of a joint
- 12. vertebrae and facial bones
- 20. wrist
- 23. Broken bone in many pieces
- 25. cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle
- 27. Connects bone to bone
- 28. displacement of a bone from its joint
Down
- 1. rotating bone turns around an axis; i.e. connection between radius/ulna and humerus
- 3. inflammation of a bursa
- 6. strong connective tissue that supports the body and is softer and more flexible than bone
- 8. Areas where two or more bones join together
- 9. process of bone formation
- 10. limbs
- 13. A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily.
- 14. Connects muscle to bone
- 15. a minor fracture appears as a thin line on x-ray; and may not extend completely through the bone
- 16. damage to tissue caused by prolonged, repeated movements
- 17. occur in a straight line, more or less at right angles to the bone shaft
- 18. shaft of a long bone
- 19. a painful swelling of the first joint of the big toe
- 21. serious damage to the cartilage that covers the ends of bones in a joint
- 22. bones that are longer than they are wide
- 24. broken bone
- 26. hip and shoulder joints