Across
- 2. production of blood cells
- 5. the calcium phosphate portion of bone matrix
- 7. connective tissue that lines the marrow cavity of a bone
- 11. the type of bone that is organized into osteons
- 15. a cartilage producing cell
- 16. soft tissue that fills the cavities of a bone
- 18. the enlarged end of a long bone
- 20. the process of bone production
- 22. a cell that resorbs bone
- 23. the organic portion of bone matrix
- 25. genetic defect in which long bones do not elongate from the epiphyses
Down
- 1. soft bones due to insufficient mineral content in adults
- 3. a cell enclosed in a lacuna of cartilage
- 4. layer of spongy bone containing marrow found in flat bones
- 6. the functional unit of compact bone
- 8. the central portion of a long bone
- 9. type of stem cell from which bone tissue originates
- 10. space within a bone or cartilage that entraps a cell
- 12. the network of bony plates within spongy bone
- 13. soft bones due to insufficient mineral content in young children
- 14. connective tissue that surrounds a bone
- 17. disease in which bone resorption exceeds bone deposition
- 19. this type of bone is also called cancellous bone
- 21. a bone producing cell
- 24. imperfecta brittle bones due to excess mineral deposits in bone