Across
- 2. a common fracture in the skull, forms a dent
- 8. ribs that don't attach to anything
- 10. bone destroying cells
- 11. the bone breaks incompletely and is common in children
- 12. bone type that is long with spongy ends
- 14. subsection of the skeleton that includes the torso
- 15. small bone type found in the wrist and ankles
- 17. protects the heart and lungs
- 19. vertebrae labeled as C1-C7
- 20. the shaft of the bone
- 24. contains yellow marrow in adults and red marrow in infants
- 25. 3 bones fused together, an anchor point for the true ribs
- 26. the bone type of the scapula
- 27. a type of rib that connects to rib 7
- 29. mature bone cells
- 30. a twisting force breaks the bone
- 31. one function of the skeletal system, starts with m
Down
- 1. ribs 1-7, connect from spine to sternum
- 3. bone type that does not fit in the other categories
- 4. the bone is crushed
- 5. the smoothest substance know to humans
- 6. subsection of the skeleton that includes the limbs of the body
- 7. the outside covering of the diaphysis
- 9. the process of cartilage turning into bone
- 13. bone-forming cells
- 16. the ends of a bone, mostly spongy
- 18. a type of fracture where the bone breaks into small pieces
- 21. a fracture where two broken ends are forced into eachother
- 22. vertebrae located at the bottom of the spinal cord, L1-L5
- 23. the most superior bone of the sternum
- 28. connects the ribs to the sternum