Bones Crossword Puzzle

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