Across
- 1. One of the functions of the skeletal system
- 6. A depression or cavity in or on a bone; This is present in the mandible to assist with articulation
- 9. Tough connective tissue that attaches bones to bones
- 10. Type of ossification where dense connective tissue is replaced by calcium to form bones
- 13. The process of bone formation
- 14. These bones are thin and found where there is a need for extensive muscle attachment or protection of vital parts of the body.
- 15. We have 206 of these
- 16. Largest of the sesamoid bones; kneecap
- 17. Attach muscle to bone
- 18. Twenty-six irregular bones that make up the spinal column
Down
- 2. They are found in the lacunae; AKA bone cell
- 3. Binds the cranial bones; looks like a butterfly
- 4. Cavities in tissues where associated cells are found.
- 5. Bone cell responsible for the reabsorption of bone.
- 7. The upper seven (true) ribs are articulate with this bone; breastbone
- 8. Ankle bones
- 11. Type of ossification in which the bone cell develops inside the cartilage
- 12. An opening in which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass; The magnum is part of the occipital bone