bones & skeletal tissue crossword

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Across
  1. 3. a chamber where red bone marrow/ and or yellow bone marrow is stored
  2. 6. cushions joints, allows movement, and provides support
  3. 8. the enlarged wide end of a long bone that articulates with other bones at joints
  4. 14. used to connect bones together
  5. 15. the growth plate in long bones that is found between the two epiphyses and the diaphysis
  6. 17. this type of cartilage attaches your ribs to the sternum
  7. 18. also known as cancellous bone or trabecular bone
  8. 19. the main or midsection of a long bone
  9. 20. can act as a shock absorber at joints
Down
  1. 1. another term for articular cartilage
  2. 2. shaped roughly, and contain mostly spongy bone
  3. 4. contains all of our limbs
  4. 5. the membrane of blood vessels/nerves that wraps around most of your bones
  5. 7. has a shaft, two ends, is considered longer than it is wide
  6. 9. forms the hard dense outer layer of all bones
  7. 10. the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
  8. 11. used to pad and protect
  9. 12. viewed as a rope,connecting bone to muscle
  10. 13. contains loosely packed collagen and a generous amount of elastic fibers
  11. 16. made up of the skull, ribcage, and spinal column