Across
- 1. a bone-forming cell
- 2. pressure on a nerve in your wrist. It causes tingling, numbness and pain in your hand and fingers.
- 5. a disorder of the body's connective tissues, a group of tissues that maintain the structure of the body and support internal organs and other tissues.
- 8. any of the soft, boneless areas in the skull of a baby or young animal, which are later closed up by the formation of bone
- 10. chronic inflammation of the joints, esp those that bear weight, with pain and stiffness
- 12. to cause or undergo necrosis
- 13. a long-term condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. The condition usually affects the hands, feet and wrists.
- 14. a neck injury caused by the head suddenly moving forwards and then back again
- 15. inflammation of a bone
Down
- 1. inflammation of bone marrow, caused by infection
- 3. a condition, characterized by failure of normal conversion of cartilage into bone, that begins during fetal life and results in dwarfism
- 4. a disease that children can get when their food does not contain enough Vitamin D. It makes their bones soft and causes their liver and spleen to become too large.
- 6. a benign tumour composed of bone or bonelike tissue
- 7. an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine, of congenital origin or caused by trauma or disease of the vertebrae or hipbones
- 9. a stitch made to join together the open parts of a wound, especially one made after a patient has been operated on.
- 11. any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery