Across
- 2. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue found in various forms
- 5. A membrane lining the inner surface of the bony wall
- 6. produced by cells in the endosteum
- 7. any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates
- 11. example are carpals in the wrist
- 12. a point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined
- 13. produced by cells in the periosteum
- 15. dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance
- 16. made mostly of fat and contains stem cells that can become cartilage, fat, or bone cells
- 17. example is a sternum
Down
- 1. the shaft or central part of a long bone
- 3. a joint or juncture between bones or cartilages in the skeleton of a vertebrate
- 4. the cells required for bone synthesis and mineralization, both during the initial formation of bone and during bone remodelling
- 8. a partial or complete break in the bone
- 9. your bodies central framework
- 10. contains synovial fluid, secreted by the synovial membrane
- 14. example is a femur