Human Skeletal System
Across
- 5. tissue that serves as a blood-cell factory
- 8. cartilage is converted to bone
- 11. long bones narrow shaft
- 13. bridges the broken ends of bones
- 16. structures that connect the bones of the skeleton
- 17. bone is displaced from proper position
- 18. outer surface of compact bones; connective tissue
- 19. connective tissue; joins muscles to bones
- 20. partially or completely torn ligament
Down
- 1. from wear and tear on a joint
- 2. most painful & crippling arthritis
- 3. most common type of joint; permits movement
- 4. a hormone released by the thyroid
- 6. joins bones to bones together in joints
- 7. lay down spongy bone to accommodate stresses
- 9. skull, the vertebral column, and the ribs
- 10. a progressive loss of bone calcium; bone loss
- 12. embedded in matrix
- 14. artificial joints
- 15. inhibits osteoclasts, stopping bone destruction