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