Across
- 2. Fracture in which the bone is broken with no open skin wound; also called simple fracture.
- 3. Bone cells that resorb bone tissue.
- 4. Provides shape-supports muscle attachment-protection-produces cells-and stores essential minerals.
- 5. Device made of plaster or fiberglass used to immobilize a fracture or dislocation
- 7. A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily.
- 9. Fracture in which broken bone ends are forced into each other.
- 12. Fracture in which a tendon is forcibly extracts a piece off of the bone.
Down
- 1. Fracture with bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children.
- 3. Bone forming cells
- 6. Fracture in which a bone breaks through the skin.
- 8. Fracture in which the bone has been twisted apart- common in sports fracture.
- 10. Fracture in which the bone breaks into many fragments.
- 11. Fracture in which broken bone portion is pressed inward, typical of skull fracture.