Anatomy- Skeletal system Crossword
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
                                                       
 
 
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Down: 1) (anchors organs in the place, legs act as pillars to support the body) Protection of soft organs: (Skulls forms case around the brain, vertebrae spinal cord) 3) Bones (steletion- greek word for dried up body) Joints Cartilages Ligaments 9) allow for growth of long bone during childhood 10) -Opening in the center of an osteon -Carries nerves and blood vessels 14) Bone forming cells15) During development, much of this cartilage is replaced by bone In the adult body: Bridge of the nose, Parts of ribs, Joints 17) A unit of bone19) Tiny canals21) Small needle- like pieces of bone Many open spaces 22) -Supply bone cells with nutrients -Endosteum- lines medullary cavity Across: 2) Long, short, flat, irregular4) -Cavity of that shaft -Contains yellow marrow (mostly fat) in adults -Contains red marrow (for blood cell formation in infants) in adult bones they are just at the end 5) Covers the external surface of the epiphyses Decreases friction at joint surface 6) -Cavities containing bone cells (osteocytes) -Arranged in concentric rings 7) Secure periosteum to underlying bone8) Compact bone Homogeneous 11) -Bones are remodeled and lengthened until growth stops -Bones change shape somewhat -Bones grow in width 12)  Ca for neural messages and clotting, P for ATP and waste removal) and fates (yellow marrow inside bones13) (Blood cell formation in red marrow) -creation of blood cells (red and white) 16) -Outside covering of the diaphysis -Fibrous connective tissue membrane 18) -mature osteoblasts -Mature bone cells 20) -Bone destroying cells -Break down matrix from remodeling and release of calcium -Bone remodeling is a process by both osteoblasts and osteoclasts 23) -Shaft -Composed of compact bone 24) -Canal perpendicular to the central canal -Carries blood vessels and nerves 25) -Ends of the bone -Composed of mostly of spongy bone 26) Axial skeleton (skull, vertebrae, and thoracic cavity) Appendicular skeleton (all the rest) 27) due to attached skeletal muscles (tendons attach to bones which act as levers to move the body) 28) -Rings around the central canal -Sites of lacunae 29) Skeleton has 206 bones
 

 

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