Skeletal System Puzzle
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1. Another word for enlargement.
3. The shaft of the bone.
7. Blood vessels from the periosteum enter the bone through ____
canals which run perpendicular to the long axis of the bone.
9. The hormone that inhibits osteoclast activity, thus causing
calcium to be stored in the bone.
11. When long bone growth stops the epiphyseal plate become a
______.
12. The name of the ossification center that forms in the center of
the diaphysis.
14. A membrane that lines the inner surface of the medullary cavity.
16. Part of the skeleton that is made up of the skull, vertebral
column and thorax.
17. The central canals are surrounded by ____ lamellae.
18. Fracture that has rough toothed broken ends.
20. Bones with relatively flattened shape are grouped as ___
bones.
21. Type of fracture in which the bone breaks into more than 2
pieces.
23. Group of hormones produced during puperty that cause the
“growth spurt.”
25. The type of ossification that occurs in cartilage of long bones.
28. Type of bones that are longer than they are wide.
29. The type of ossification that occurs in the flat bones of the
fetus.
30. An incomplete fracture that occurs on the convex side of bones
especially of children.
31. The type of fracture that has a helical course around the bone.
32. Name of double layer of connective tissue membrane that
covers the outer surface of bones.
34. Another name for spongy bone.
36. Hormone that stimulates the epiphyseal plate for long bone
growth.
41. A tissue that forms in the fracture at the beginning of bone
repair is called a fibrocartilage ______.
43. The basal metabolism hormone that is necessary for tissue
growth.
44. Mature bone cells found in lacunae.
46. The _____ cavity makes up the central portion of the diaphysis.
47. The type of fracture that has the bone protruding through the
skin.
48. Young bone producing cells.
49. Type of marrow where hematopoiesis occurs.
50. Ossification centers found in the epiphyses.
51. General name given to a break in a bone.
1. Another name given to the central canal of compact bone.
2. Another name given for the calcification of bone.
4. This hormone stimulate osteoclast activity to release calcium
into the blood stream.
5. The type of marrow that is mostly adipose tissue found in
medullary cavity.
6. Type of fracture that has breakage line radiating from a central
point.
8. Bone matrix is organized into thin sheets or layers called ____.
9. When a bone is broken into two fragments it is called a ___
fracture.
10. A fracture type that runs parallel to the long axis of the bone.
13. When a bone’s shape is changed by stresses and growth it
goes through a _____.
15. Bone type that is approximately as broad as it is long.
19. Another name for the Haversian systems that look like a bull’s
eye.
22. Cancellous bone consists of interconnecting rods or plates of
bone called _____.
24. Processes that extend from the osteocytes in their lacunae to
connect to the central canal and other osteocytes.
25. The site of long bone growth. (two words)
26. A tissue structure that attaches bone to bone.
27. Tissue structure that attaches a muscle to a bone.
33. Vitamin necessary for normal absorption of calcium in the
intestine.
34. The major tissue found in the fetal skeleton is hyaline _____.
35. Fracture that runs obliquely in relationship to the long axis of a
bone.
37. Bone cell type that breaks up bone tissue and releases calcium.
38. Epiphyses are covered with ____ cartilage.
39. Type of bone shape that is not long, short or flat.
40. Epithelial-lined air spaces in the skull.
42. Another name for perforating fibers that attaches tendons and
ligaments and periosteum to bone.
45. If the skin is not perforated by a broken bone the fracture is
____.