Skeletal System Crossword

spongy bone, which is bone with tiny holes similar to lattices. These holes are filled with connective tissue and bone marrow.
dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes, or bone cells.
central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored.
the shaft or central part of a long bone.
bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults.
a cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation.
The closer growth plate of a bone.
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.
roughly cylindrical structures that are typically several millimeters long and around 0.2 mm in diameter.
very porous type of bone found in animals. It is highly vascularized and contains red bone marrow.
a thin layer, membrane, scale, or platelike tissue or part, especially in bone tissue.
The line of junction of the epiphysis and diaphysis of a long bone where growth in length occurs.
smooth, white tissue that covers the ends of bones where they come together to form joints.
the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space that runs longitudinally through the length of the entire spinal cord.
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.
bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
plate of hyaline cartilage found in children and adolescents, located in the metaphysis at the ends of each long bone.
cavity or depression, especially in bone.
a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.