Across
- 2. drugs that build new bone
- 3. rounded bony process
- 4. a bone on the medial side of the leg
- 8. bones that develop from sheetlike layers of unspecialized connective tissues
- 12. the lowest part of the vertebral column of four fused vertebrae
- 13. each consists of an ilium, ischium, and pubis
- 17. fracture sign of dangerously low bone density
- 18. a bowl-shaped structure consisting of the sacrum, coccyx, and pelvic girdle
- 21. another term for compact bone
- 22. number of bones that compose the fingers and toes
- 24. a bone that extends from the hip to the knee
- 26. number of ribs
- 28. a bone that extends from the scapula to the elbow
- 30. the second vertebra
- 34. a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD)
- 38. a kind of specialized soft connective tissue
- 40. what the articular cartilage is made of
- 41. skeleton consisting of the skull, hyoid bone, vertebral column, and thoracic cage
- 43. cells that break down bone matrix
- 45. i.e. the carpal bones
- 46. a bone on the thumb side of the forearm between the elbow and the wrist
Down
- 1. skeleton consisting of the pectoral girdle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle, and lower limbs
- 5. i.e. the costals and scapulae
- 6. number of bones in the metacarpus and metatarsus
- 7. mature bone cells
- 9. the branching bony plates in spongy bone
- 10. articulates a joint with another bone
- 11. another term for spongy bone
- 14. rodlike bones between the sternum and scapulae
- 15. cells that form bone tissue
- 16. a bone longer than the radius that overlaps the humerus posteriorly
- 19. i.e. the vertebrae and many facial bones
- 20. i.e. the forearm and femur
- 23. bones that develop of hyaline cartilage that is later replaced by bone tissue
- 24. a bone on the lateral side of the tibia
- 25. number of bones in the tarsus
- 27. number of carpal bones that form a carpus
- 29. the shaft of the bone
- 31. dense connective tissue that covers the bone
- 32. cavity a structure filled with marrow
- 33. bony projections where ligaments and tendons attach
- 35. a bone consisting of a manubrium, body, and xiphoid process
- 36. the first vertebra
- 37. next stage of osteopenia
- 39. bones that encloses and protects the brain
- 42. broad, triangular bones
- 44. a triangular structure of five fused vertebrae