Bones and Skeletal Tissues

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