skeletal system

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Across
  1. 2. These bones are thin, flat, and curved. They form the ribs, breastbone, and skull.
  2. 4. Joint between bones (as at the elbow or knee) that permits motion in only one plane
  3. 5. abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
  4. 7. End of a long bone
  5. 10. Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column
  6. 11. inflammation of a joint
  7. 12. vertebrae and facial bones
  8. 20. wrist
  9. 23. Broken bone in many pieces
  10. 25. cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle
  11. 27. Connects bone to bone
  12. 28. displacement of a bone from its joint
Down
  1. 1. rotating bone turns around an axis; i.e. connection between radius/ulna and humerus
  2. 3. inflammation of a bursa
  3. 6. strong connective tissue that supports the body and is softer and more flexible than bone
  4. 8. Areas where two or more bones join together
  5. 9. process of bone formation
  6. 10. limbs
  7. 13. A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily.
  8. 14. Connects muscle to bone
  9. 15. a minor fracture appears as a thin line on x-ray; and may not extend completely through the bone
  10. 16. damage to tissue caused by prolonged, repeated movements
  11. 17. occur in a straight line, more or less at right angles to the bone shaft
  12. 18. shaft of a long bone
  13. 19. a painful swelling of the first joint of the big toe
  14. 21. serious damage to the cartilage that covers the ends of bones in a joint
  15. 22. bones that are longer than they are wide
  16. 24. broken bone
  17. 26. hip and shoulder joints