Skeletal System Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. process where the matrix is reabsorbed on one surface of a bone and deposited on another
  2. 4. proximal and distal ends of bone
  3. 11. a clot around the site of the fracture
  4. 12. a break in a bone
  5. 13. process of bone development; cartilage is replaced by bone throughout childhood
  6. 17. bones and cartilage
  7. 19. area of growth in a long bone
  8. 20. bone shaft, body of the bone
Down
  1. 1. build up bone
  2. 3. when bone replaces the cartilage and stops growing
  3. 5. thin layer of cartilage covering epiphyseal, where the bone forms an articulation with another bone
  4. 6. where 2 bone surfaces come together, aka joint
  5. 7. areas of bone that project above the surface of the bone; attachments for tendons and ligaments
  6. 8. stem cells
  7. 9. growing bone, contains epiphyseal plate
  8. 10. fibrous, vascular, sensitive life support covering or sheath for bone
  9. 14. thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity
  10. 15. cylindrical space within diaphysis contains fatty yellow bone marrow
  11. 16. destroy/carve out old bone cells
  12. 18. opening or grove that allow blood vessels to enter the bone