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