Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 2. break along the long axis of a bone
  2. 5. break on one side of a bone, usually due to a bending force
  3. 7. small, seed-shaped bone embedded in a tendon, i.e. Proximal and distal sesamoids
  4. 8. cube shaped bone, i.e. bones of the carpus and tarsus
  5. 10. bone breaks through the skin
  6. 11. bone longer than it is wide, i.e. humerus, radius and femur
  7. 13. complex and irregularly shaped bone, i.e. vertebrae
  8. 14. process by which tissue and cartilage becomes bone
  9. 16. joining point of epiphysis and diaphysis
  10. 18. space within the bone filled with marrow
  11. 20. thin outer layer of bone covering
  12. 21. body of a long bone
  13. 22. bone shatters into many pieces
Down
  1. 1. consists of fore and hind legs
  2. 3. consists of the skull and vertebrae
  3. 4. enlarged ends of long bones
  4. 6. break completely across the bone
  5. 9. framework of structures that support and protect the body
  6. 12. freely movable joint
  7. 15. bone does not break through the skin
  8. 17. plate of a bone i.e. Scapula
  9. 19. thin inner layer of bone covering: lines medullary cavity