Skeletal System Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Anatomy has 20 clues. Answers range from 6 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Covers the external surface of the epiphyses
Cavity of the shaft
In spongy bone, site of hematopoiesis
Composed of compact bone
End of the bone
End of the bone
increase bone length as the cells ossify/harden
After growth is complete cartilage hardens
In the medullary cavities of long bones, stores fat
functional unit of compact bone
mature bone cells, enclosed in tiny chambers
Bone cells that dissolve/breaks down bone matrix
Bone forming cells
Opening in the center of an osteon
Canal perpendicular to the central canal
Outside covering of the diaphysis. Fibrous connective tissue membrane
dense, smooth, solid- gives bones strength
No True Osteons
one of the minute cavities in bone or cartilage occupied by the osteocytes.
are aligned concentrically around a vascular canal