Across
- 3. air cavity that opens into nasal cavity (two words)
- 8. connects one bone to one another
- 9. reabsorbs bone matrix
- 13. produces red blood cells (three words)
- 16. cartilage that is smooth; on joint surfaces
- 17. shaft of a long bone
- 19. "soft spot" in an infant's skull
- 20. where two bones meet
Down
- 1. the disc at which the growth of a long bone takes place
- 2. type of joint with a disc of fibrous cartilage between two bones
- 4. fluid that prevents friction as the bones move
- 5. compact bone is made of (two words)
- 6. anchors tendons and ligaments
- 7. produces bone matrix
- 10. division of the skeleton:within the arms and legs
- 11. end of a long bone
- 12. sac of synovial fluid between a joint and tendons
- 14. division of the skeleton that includes the vertebrae
- 15. production of bone matrix
- 18. immovable joint between cranial bones