Homeostasis/Skeletal
Across
- 2. smooth, white tissue that covers the ends of the bones where they come together to form joints; found in diarthrodial joints
- 4. this system usually takes the body out of homeostasis during childbirth
- 6. a struture of the body that monitors the values of your body's variables;
- 8. this is an example of a flat bone that protects the heart
- 10. upper jaw bone which is a paired facial bone
- 12. skull encloses the brain which assists in this function of the skeletal system
- 13. a structure of the body that can change the value of a variable in response to a signal from the control center
- 14. bone that looks like a butterfly
- 16. strongest bone on the face
- 17. this suture divides the parietal bones
- 20. this is visible during a growing long bone; afterwards, it changes to a line.
- 22. bone that attaches to the tongue
- 23. patella is this type of bone
Down
- 1. these are short bones of the hand;
- 3. shell-shaped bones in the lower part of the nose
- 5. bone growth
- 7. networks of bone with many marrow filled spaces
- 9. bone located near the tear ducts
- 11. type of tissue that lines the digestive tract and respiratory tract
- 15. process of manufacturing blood cells; starts with an "h"
- 18. phalanges are this type of bone
- 19. an example of irregular bone that sits superior to the coccyx
- 21. red blood cells are made here in which it some of it turns to yellow when matured.