Across
- 3. The weird bone
- 5. a freely moveable joint
- 9. a joint that has limited mobility
- 10. the shaft or central part of a long bone.
- 11. Tissue that gives strength and structure to bones
- 12. Thing that is in your ear
- 13. Ive got a _____ to pick with you
- 14. a thin layer of cartilage that lies between the epiphyses and metaphyses, and is where the growth of long bones takes place.
- 15. Blood cell production
Down
- 1. represents the starting point of inflammatory processes, thus initiating the healing cascade
- 2. cells that degrade bone to initiate normal bone remodeling and mediate bone loss in pathologic conditions by increasing their resorptive activity
- 4. a medical specialty focusing on injuries and diseases affecting your musculoskeletal system
- 6. that form bone tissue
- 7. a small, often microscopic, tissue element in the form of a small beam, strut or rod that supports or anchors a framework of parts within a body or organ
- 8. the smooth, white tissue that covers the ends of bones where they come together to form joints
- 14. A membrane lining the inner surface of the bony wall
- 16. a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.