Across
- 3. Suffix meaning the surgical fixation of a bone or joint
- 5. Bones that form most of the upper jaw
- 6. Inflammation of the bone
- 8. The hip socket
- 9. Word part meaning cartilage
- 11. Tissue that lines the medullary cavity
- 13. Tissue that forms the outermost covering of bone
- 16. A loss in bone density often associated with aging
- 17. An inflammatory condition of one or more joints
- 18. Body anterior of the knee (the cap)
Down
- 1. Fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement
- 2. Osteomalacic disease often occurring in children
- 4. Originating within another
- 7. The surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint
- 9. Bones that form the wrist
- 10. Largest bone in the body
- 12. An abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine
- 14. Word part meaning spinal cord or bone marrow
- 15. Bony structure units of the spinal column
- 19. Pain in the lumbar part of the spine