Skeletal System Crossword

smooth, white tissue that covers the ends of bones where they come together to form joints.
Enlarged terminal part of the bone.
made up of spongy bone, which is bone with tiny holes similar to lattices.
the shaft or central part of a long bone.
central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow is stored.
dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts.
porous, bone tissue that is filled with red bone marrow.
is a plate of hyaline cartilage found in children and adolescents, located in the metaphysis at the ends of each long bone.
is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.
a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.
Produces red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets Gets its red color from the hemoglobin in the erythroid cells Hematopoietic cells mature and migrate into sinusoids to enter the circulation when they are formed. Highly vascular
Produces fat, cartilage, and bone Gets its yellow color from the carotenoids in the fat droplets in the high number of fat cells Paucity of vasculature
a thin layer, membrane, scale, or platelike tissue or part, especially in bone tissue
a cavity or depression, especially in bone.
a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.
a large multinucleate bone cell that absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing.
a cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation.
the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone.
cerebrospinal fluid-filled space that runs longitudinally through the length of the entire spinal cord.
provide energy and nourishing elements for osteons.