Across
- 7. Bones help with the _ of the body
- 8. bone in the spine
- 9. A fracture of the bone, occurring typically in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and the other only bent.
- 11. an injury in which a broken bone pierces the skin,
- 12. a bone that in your finger tips and toes
- 13. bone in the knee
- 15. bones store _ in them
- 18. A large multinucleate bone cell which absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing
- 20. A bone with a natural form unlike other bones
- 22. A bone that is Long
- 25. bones that _ the body
- 27. bones whose principal function is either extensive protection
- 28. Bones store _ in them
- 29. long bone in the forearm
- 30. is a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle
Down
- 1. long bone in the upper part of the bone
- 2. A bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted
- 3. A cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation
- 4. an instance of the partial collapse of a vertebra, either from trauma to the spine or through weakening of the bone
- 5. An impacted fracture occurs when the broken ends of the bone are jammed together by the force of the injury.
- 6. bone in the legs
- 10. a fracture of the bone only, without damage to the surrounding tissues or breaking of the skin
- 14. A comminuted fracture is a type of fracture in which the bone is broken down into many pieces.
- 16. bone that is in the head
- 17. bone in the ribs
- 19. It occurs due to a rotational, or twisting, force
- 21. the production of blood cells and platelets
- 23. bones that _ the body
- 24. A bone that is small
- 26. A depressed skull fracture is a break in a cranial bone