Nurse Labs: Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 5. a typical flat bone and the result of the fusion of three bones
  2. 6. forms the sacroiliac joints
  3. 10. canal- terminates in a large inferior opening
  4. 11. remaining 5 bones supports the back
  5. 13. transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae
  6. 15. T1-T12 bones
  7. 16. has no body
  8. 18. two lateral projections from the vertebral arch.
  9. 19. where the spinal cord passes
  10. 20. formed from joining all posterior extensions
Down
  1. 1. Single projection of the vertebral arch
  2. 2. sacral- the fused spinous processes of the sacral vertebrae
  3. 3. spine consists of 33 separate bones
  4. 4. formed by the fusion of five vertebrae
  5. 7. joint- the point where the sternal body and xiphoid process fuse
  6. 8. a remnant of the tail that vertebrate animals have
  7. 9. C1-C7 bones
  8. 12. sacral- flanked laterally
  9. 14. acts as a pivot for the rotation of the atlas above
  10. 17. cage- forms a protective, cone-shaped cage of slender bones around the organs of the thoracic cavity