Across
- 3. is used when straightening one's arm
- 6. Site of longitudinal growth in a child
- 7. fatty connective tissue
- 9. the shaft of a long bone
- 10. Decreases plasma calcium
- 11. Nonliving, structural part of bone
- 15. Disuse such as that caused by paralysis or severe lack of exercise results in muscle and bone
- 18. These cells initiate bone formation
- 19. Immature bone cells
- 20. provides source of bones cells throughout life
Down
- 1. is used when bending ones arm
- 2. site of hematopoiesis in the adult
- 4. Critical for normal nerve and muscle function
- 5. the end of a long bone
- 8. developed in the tendons
- 12. Longitudinal canal, carrying blood vessels and nerves
- 13. mature bone cells
- 14. cube shaped bone
- 16. Tiny canals, connecting lacunae
- 17. remodel, repair, and dissolve bone