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Across 2. cartilage forming on a long bone (2 words) 6. cartilage model (2 words) 7. bone built to withstand stress from many directions 9. develop within the tendons (2 words) 11. the femur can withstand up to _____-_____times the body weight with out breaking 13. structure responsible for bone growth (2 words) 15. found in center of osteons (2 words) 18. a break in the bone that is completely enclosed 19. occurs when osteoclasts are more active than osteoblasts (2 words) 21. Irregular shaped bone 23. structural units of compact bone 26. contains osteocytes and referred to as 'little lake' 28. most abundant mineral in the body 30. secretion of this hormone occurs with/after elevated levels of calcium 31. Cells that dissolve bone matrix and work in remodeling of bone 32. membrane on outer surface of bone 33. needed for absorption of calcium and phosphate ions (2 words)

Down 1. the strenght in bones that gives it 'flexibility' (2 words) 3. accounts for 2/3 the weight of a bone 4. Needed to prevent osteoporsis (2 vitamins and one mineral (5 words) 5. prior to puberty elevated growth hormone causes_______________ 8. The region of the bone between the end and the shaft 10. Cells that secrete organic components of the bone matrix 12. found in spongy bone and are aligned along the stress lines of the bone 14. gives bone flexibility, strength and resistance to shattering (2 words) 16. our bones are constantly_____________________, according to the demands we put on them 17. the deposition of calcium in bones 20. small, narrow passage ways containing the cytoplasmic extentions of osteocytes 22. _____________great for the bones and increases width and density. 24. lining of the medullary cavity 25. mature bone cell and most abundant cell in bone 27. elevated levels of estrongen causes________________of the epiphyseal plate 29. medullary cavity of bones contain