Skeletal System

1. The spongy substance found within a bone it gives a characteristic appearance to bone details
4. sarcoma, A primary malignant bone tumor arising in medullary tissue occurring more often in cylindric bones
5. A benign tumor of adult bone capped by cartilage
6. A primary malignancy of bone usually arising in the metaphysis most commonly around the knee
8. Shaft of a long bone
11. A benign bone growth projecting outward from the bony cortex
15. A hereditary, congenital disturbance that causes inadequate bone formation and results in a peculiar form of dwarfism
17. Congenital absence of the cranial vault

2. Premature or early closure of the sutures of the skull
3. Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
7. Infection of bone, most often caused by Staphylococcus which may localize or spread to bone to involve marrow and other bone tissues
9. The bone-forming cells responsible for bone growth ossification and regeneration
10. Noninflammatory degenerative joint disease occurring mainly in older persons producing gradual deterioration of the joint cartilage
12. A malignant bone tumor composed of atypical cartilage
13. Tumors of the bone arising from osteoblasts
14. The presence of more than five digits
15. spondylitis, A form of rheumatoid arthritis of unknown cause that affects the spine in a progressive fashion eventually fusing the spine into a rigid block of bone
16. Cells that are associated with absorption and removal of bone