Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 3. disease caused by decrease in bone mass
  2. 5. Produced by pituitary gland
  3. 8. occurs straight across the long axis of the bone
  4. 10. small and round bone imbedded in tendons
  5. 13. opening in bone that allows blood vessels to enter bone
  6. 15. osteoblasts that have calcified and maintains mineral concentration
  7. 17. structure that connects osteocytes
  8. 19. a basic function of the skeletal system
Down
  1. 1. sunlight, fatty fish, and calcium are sources of
  2. 2. where two bone surfaces come together
  3. 4. site of fat storage in adult
  4. 6. brittle bones disease
  5. 7. produced by testes and ovaries
  6. 9. site of compact bone in adult
  7. 11. partial fracture where only one side is affected
  8. 12. when a break is driven into another
  9. 14. a fracture where the broken bone tears through the skin
  10. 15. breaks that occur not at 90 degrees
  11. 16. bone that is thin and curved
  12. 17. a fracture in which the skin remains intact
  13. 18. bone segments are pulled apart as result of twisting motion