Across
- 4. the end of the long bone
- 5. a break in the bone
- 7. cells involved in resorption of bone tissue
- 9. fibrous tissue covering the bone
- 10. the production of blood cells and platelets in bone marrow
- 14. degenerative joint disease
- 15. act of increasing the angle between two bones
- 17. partially moveable joint
- 22. loss of calcium in bone, causing brittleness
- 23. causes bones to soften due to lack of Vitamin D
- 24. movement away from midline or axis of body
- 25. hunchback, humped curvature in spinal column
Down
- 1. skeleton of head and trunk
- 2. forward curvature of lumbar region of spine
- 3. act of decreasing the angle between two bones
- 6. layer of cartilage separating adjacent vertebrae in spine
- 8. moveable joints
- 11. bone cancer
- 12. inflammation of bone
- 13. shaft of long bone
- 16. movement of part of body or limb towards the midline of body
- 18. lining of the medullary cavity in the long bone
- 19. cell that secretes matrix for bone formation
- 20. lateral curvature of the spine
- 21. allows a bone to move around a central axis