Across
- 7. a round nodule or small eminence
- 8. a large projection of a bone
- 9. bone type that uniquely protects the organs
- 10. distinct border or ridge, usually rough
- 11. the hollow center of long bones that contains bone marrow
- 12. air space found in some skull bones
- 14. holes that allow a vessel or nerve to pass through or between bone
- 16. short channel or passageway
- 17. bone type that supports the body's weight and facilitates movement
- 19. covering that lines the marrow cavity of a bone
- 20. depression on a bone surface
- 21. the shaft of long bones
Down
- 1. bone type that provides stability and is as long as they are wide
- 2. Osteoblasts that embed within the bone matrix
- 3. cells responsible for the breakdown and reabsorption of bone
- 4. rounded knob-like end separated from the rest of the body of a long bone
- 5. the ends of long bones
- 6. bone type that is embedded in tendons to protect from wear
- 13. sharp projections from the bone surface
- 15. bone building and bone repairing cells located in the periosteum
- 18. covering located on the outer surface of bones