Across
- 6. the most posterior bone of cranium
- 13. limbs and girdles
- 15. largest and strongest bone of the face
- 16. bone-forming cells
- 18. forms the forehead
- 19. articulate with the ribs
- 21. bone breaks incompletely
- 22. broken bone ends are forced into each other
- 23. broken bone portion is pressed inward
- 24. indirectly attached to the sternum
- 26. breast bone
- 27. inferior to the parietal bones
- 28. break occurs when twisting forces are applied
Down
- 1. roof of the nasal cavity
- 2. lack sternal attachment
- 3. bone is crushed
- 4. most of the superior & lateral walls of skull
- 5. has open spaces and greater surface area
- 7. mature bone cells
- 8. breaks into three or more fragments
- 9. butterfly shaped bone
- 10. thin, flattened, and usually curved
- 11. dense and looks smooth
- 12. typically longer than they are wide
- 14. forms the neck region
- 17. bone-destroying cells
- 19. directly attached to the sternum
- 20. the longitudinal axis of the body
- 22. do not fit into the other bone categories
- 25. cube-shaped and contain mostly spongy bone