Bones and Skeletal Tissues
Across
- 4. Asymmetrical, randomly shaped, tend to be thick, blocky-shaped bones.
- 7. A bone that is longer than it is wide.
- 8. A raised or prominent part of the edge of a bone.
- 10. A connective tissue is the skeletal system. Its purpose in the skeletal system is to pad and protect.
- 11. A small wing like projection of a bone that points outward from each vertebrae along the spine.
- 12. A protuberance on or above the condyle of a long bone.
- 13. A connective tissue in the skeletal system. The purpose of a ligament is to connect bones.
- 15. A connective tissue of the skeletal system. Its purpose is to cushion joints, allow for free movement of a joint, and provide structural support.
- 17. A fibrous connective tissue that is made of a blend of collagen and elastic fibers. More elastin than collagen.
- 18. A small rounded projection or protuberance.
Down
- 1. Made up of the bones in your head, neck, back and chest.
- 2. Bones that form within a tendon. Free-floating bones.
- 3. A rounded prominence.
- 5. One of the two major bone groups in the body. Upper and lower extremities.
- 6. The hollow part of the bone that contains bone marrow.
- 9. bone is Lighter and less dense than compact bone.
- 11. A Bone that is wider than it is long.
- 14. Flattened plates of compact bone.
- 15. Forms the hard, dense outer layer of bones throughout the human body.
- 16. A rounded protuberance that is at the end of some bones.