Bones Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- endosteum : lines the inner surface of the shaft
- long : bones that are longer than they are wide
- medullary : the cavity that is inside the shaft
- diaphysis : the shaft of long bones
- epiphyseal : the line that is remnants of the epiphyseal plate
- epiphysis : the ends of the long bone
- sesamoid : bones that are a type of short point that form within tendons
- irregular : the bones that don't fit another category
- compact : the dense, smooth portion of a bone
- plate : epiphyseal _ that is made of hyaline cartilage in young growing bones
- flat : thin bones that are typically curved
- sharpeys : fibers that secure the periosteum to the underlying bone
- articularcartilage : the cartilage that covers the external surface of the epiphyses
- periosteum : outside covering of the diaphysis
- osseous : the term for bone tissue
- spongy : the small needle like pieces of the bone
- hematopoiesis : the formation of blood cells
- appendicular : the part of the skeleton that connects to the axial skeleton
- short : bones that are cube-shaped
- axial : the part of the skeleton that is the axis
