bones in the body
Across
- 4. helps connect the talus and is boat shaped
- 6. forms the lower posterior portion of the pubic bone and bears weight of the body while sitting
- 7. one of the three bones that fuses to for the pelvic ring
- 14. smooth midline bony prominence between the supraciliary arches of the frontal bone
- 15. forms the upper jaw
- 16. twelve pairs of ribs attached to the middle section of the spinal column
- 18. a compound bone that forms the base of the cranium
- 20. two small oblong bones placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face
- 21. area of back between ribs and hips (lower back)
- 24. oval bony case that protects the brain
- 26. wedge shaped carpal bone
- 29. inner and thicker bone between knee and ankle
- 31. middle of feet
- 32. one of the two larger bones of the forearm
- 33. thigh bone
- 36. tail bone
- 37. heel bone
- 41. middle of hands
- 43. one of the three bones that make up the pelvic ring (consists of five fused sacral vertebrae)
- 44. thin bone separating the left and right nasal cavity
- 45. long thin lateral bone of the lower leg
- 46. middle of ribs
- 47. situated at the roof of the nasal cavity between two orbital cavities
- 48. neck region that consists of seven bones
- 49. inner and larger bone of forearm attached to wrist
Down
- 1. cup shaped ring of bone at the lower end of the trunk
- 2. jaw
- 3. small and fragile bone of the facial skeleton that is the size of a fingernail
- 5. smallest region of the sternum resembles a sword
- 8. protects brain and maintains structure of face (bone on the sides)
- 9. sits above the heel joint and makes up the lower part of the ankle joint
- 10. knee cap
- 11. a bone that forms the forehead
- 12. shoulder blade
- 13. lies above the body of the sternum (quadrangular shaped)
- 17. column twenty six small bones that make up the backbone
- 19. wrist bones
- 22. in between bicep and tricep
- 23. fingers and toes
- 24. collar bone
- 25. cage bones that protect the heart and lungs by the chest
- 27. foot base
- 28. small stirrup shaped bone in the middle of the ear
- 30. ankle bones
- 34. hip bone
- 35. cheek bone
- 38. eye socket
- 39. forms most of the posterior and inferior surfaces to the cranium
- 40. superior and widest portion of the pelvis
- 42. forms zygomatic arch (by the temple