Bone Crossword

closely and neatly packed together; dense.
the shaft or central part of a long bone.
a thin vascular membrane of connective tissue that lines the inner surface of the bony tissue that forms the medullary cavity of long bones.
bone formed inside the epiphyseal plate when bone is fully grown.
the end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft.
not even or balanced in shape or arrangement
a membrane that covers the outer surface of all bones, except at the joints of long bones.
measuring a small distance from end to end.
A ______ _____of a bone, causing it to be separated into two or more pieces
entity which consists of two or more atoms, at least two from different elements, held together by chemical bonds.
reduced to minute particles or fragments.
is the downward movement of structures of the body
the act or process of removing something from its usual or proper place
a fracture in a young, soft bone in which the bone bends and breaks.
Source A condition in which bones become weak and brittle.
A disease that disrupts the replacement of old bone tissue with new bone tissue.
a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency,
a three-dimensional curve (as a helix) with one or more turns about an axis
the positioning of things or the condition of being side by side or close together.
A small channel or duct
situated or occurring within cartilage
a series of microscopic tubes in the outermost region of bone called cortical bone that allow blood vessels and nerves to travel through them.
makes up bone mineral and the matrix of teeth
relating to, formed by, or being ossification of a membrane __________ bone development
a cavity or depression, especially in bone.
a thin layer, membrane, or plate of tissue, especially in bone.
running lengthwise rather than across
a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.
the process of undergoing structural reorganization, alteration, or renewal
any of the small channels in the bone that transmit blood vessels from the periosteum into the bone and that communicate with the haversian canals