Across
- 1. name of fracture where bone comes out of skin
- 5. major mineral needed for bones
- 6. loss of this hormone can result in osteoporosis
- 8. break in a bone
- 10. the lightest of bone tissue
- 11. neck bone often broken during strangulation
- 12. line that appears when growth in bone stops
- 15. concentric circle patterns in bone
- 17. hardening of bone by minerals deposition
- 19. where cranial bones have fused together
- 20. where blood cells are produced in the bone
Down
- 2. toes and fingers
- 3. longest bone in the body
- 4. the kneecap
- 7. ongoing replacement of old bone by new bone
- 9. bone tissue that provides support
- 13. the tailbone
- 14. process of bone formation
- 16. ribs are attached to this
- 18. bones in the spinal column