Across
- 4. knee cap
- 6. dense/hard, appears smooth, longer than wide, long shaft with enlarged ends
- 8. smallest bone in the body
- 9. the cheekbones
- 10. fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
- 12. curved bone of the lower back
- 14. allow for growth of long bone during childhood
- 15. bone-destroying cells
- 16. freely movable joints
Down
- 1. rings of hard calcified matrix surrounding haversion canals
- 2. the longer of the two forearm bones
- 3. forehead/upper part of the bony structure surrounding the eyes
- 5. ends of the bone, composed mostly of spongy bone
- 7. bones of the limbs and girdles that attach them to axial
- 11. supplies bone cells with nutrients
- 12. ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone.
- 13. forms a cage to protect major organs
- 17. bone irregularly shaped bone located between the eye orbits