Skeletal Terms Crossword
Across
2. cortical bone
4. Fracture where bone is broken all the way through
6. Bone breaks incompletely
8. Fracture where bone does not break through the skin
16. central opening of an osteon for the passage of blood vessels
17. Complete fracture along an angle
19. most common cartilage
21. external covering of the bone
23. Shaft contains
26. structural units of compact bone
27. openings or holes
28. Fracture that results in several bony fragments
29. Produces blood cells
30. Contains fat and can no longer produce blood cells
31. ossification that occurs in long bones
32. consists of a honeycomb or network of flat pieces
33. Growth plate
Down
1. hollow area that contains yellow bone marrow
3. remove bone
5. fibrous membranes that connect fetal and infant skull bones
7. ossification that occurs in flat bones
9. responds to high Ca++
10. build bone
11. Bone tissue formation
12. individual concentric ring of the osteon.
13. Longitudinal break
14. flat pieces of bone found in spongy bone
15. ends of the long bones and growth plates
18. another name for Haversian’s canal
20. Fractures where bones out are out of alignment
22. Ends of long bones
24. connects bones together
25. Connect the Haverson’s canals by running between the osteons