Across
- 2. A condition in which bones become weak and brittle
- 3. space between two vertebrae
- 6. smaller of the two bones that make up the forearm
- 10. a cell that produces bone tissue
- 12. inflammation of cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum
- 13. root word for spine
- 14. joint
- 15. bone marrow
- 16. large bone that lies in the upper back (shoulder blade)
Down
- 1. ends of a long bone
- 4. absorption into the circulatory system of tissue or cells
- 5. freely moveable joint
- 7. immovable joint such as joints between the skull bones
- 8. first cervical vertebrae
- 9. bone
- 11. softening of the bone