Across
- 4. fracture generally occurs in the spongy bone in the spine.
- 5. protection for broad surfaces
- 6. dense and appears homogenous
- 8. shaft of bone
- 13. limbs and girdles
- 14. area of the back of the head
- 18. bone forming cells
- 19. ends of the bones
- 21. proctect spinal cord
- 22. common amoung kids
- 23. a compound bone that forms the base of the cranium
- 25. bones form on both sides of the skull
- 26. provide support and stablility
- 27. fracture a straight break right across a bone
Down
- 1. fracture more common among athletes.
- 2. 33 individual bones
- 3. fracture when the bone is fractured, one fragment of bone goes into another.
- 5. surrounds and protects the anterior portion of the brain.
- 7. fracture the bone is shattered into many pieces
- 9. fracture a fracture where at least one part of the bone has been twisted.
- 10. ribs bones that are not attached directly
- 11. large cells that reobsorb or break down bone matrix
- 12. spongey bone
- 13. formed in the longitudinal axis of the body
- 15. breastbone
- 16. a mature bone cell
- 17. bones bone forming the central side and upper back part of each side of the skull.
- 20. lower part of the sternum
- 23. made of small needle-like pieces and open space.
- 24. strongest bone of the body