joints, ligament and tendons
Across
- 3. A type of joint. Suture joints are an example
- 6. These make the bone matrix
- 8. Bind bone to bone
- 10. This type of joint is found in the hip and shoulder joints
- 11. This type of cartilaginous joints are slightly moveable. They are resilient and act as shock absorbers
- 13. Tendons contain less of this than ligaments do
- 14. This is found in joints mainly in the appendicular skeleton. It reduces friction in the joints.
- 15. An example of a flat bone
Down
- 1. This type of joint is found in the elbow and knee
- 2. A fibrous joint. The teeth in their sockets are the only example
- 4. The joints in the limbs are this
- 5. The knee cap
- 7. These join skeletal muscles to bones
- 9. The part of the skeleton containing the limbs
- 12. This type of bone contain something called trabeculae in their structure