Across
- 2. Shin bone
- 3. Lateral curvature of the spine; S-shaped curvature
- 7. Inflammation of rib cartilage
- 11. Device used in arthroscopy
- 14. Removing fluid from a joint
- 16. Saclike connective structure found in some joints; protects moving parts from friction
- 17. Medication used to relieve pain
- 19. X-ray of the spinal column using contrast medium
- 21. Membrane that surrounds the outside of the bone
- 22. Injury to a ligament
- 23. Shaft of the long bone
- 24. Correcting a fracture by realigning the bone pieces
Down
- 1. The bones of the sole of the foot
- 4. Atrophy and thinning of bone tissue
- 5. Break in a bone
- 6. Malignant tumor arising from the cartilage
- 8. Suturing together the parts of a broken bone
- 9. Surgical cutting of bone
- 10. Bone formed from five vertebrae fused together near the base of the spinal column
- 11. Having to do with something attached
- 12. Fingers
- 13. Excision of a vertebra
- 15. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the tibia and fibula
- 18. Inflammation of a joint
- 20. Dense, flexible connective tissue