Skeletal Histology Left Hand Page: Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Bone cells inside of chambers called lacunae.
  2. 4. Dense ____ connective tissue is mostly collagen fibers with some elastic fibers that can withstand intense tensile stress when pulled in ONE direction. Its fibroblasts are in rows sandwiched between collagen fibers that are layered in an organized arrangement.
  3. 6. Attach muscles to bones or to other muscles (dense regular connective tissue).
  4. 9. A type of cartilage that is highly compressible (~cushion-like discs between vertebrae, for example) and composed of chondrocytes. It has the most collagen fibers of any cartilage!
  5. 10. Major cell type in the tissue type in #8.
  6. 12. One of the four major tissue types that gives structural support to other tissues and organs in the body and is composed of cells, fibers, and matrix.
  7. 13. Small passages that connect the lacunae.
  8. 14. Both _______ tissue and fibrous connective tissue and bone regenerate easily.
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  1. 1. Osteocytes form rings around the _____ canal, which contains blood vessels and nerves.
  2. 3. _______ muscle is the tissue type that regenerates poorly.
  3. 5. Type of tissue composed of osteocytes in the lacunae, hard matrix of calcium slats, and large numbers of collagen fibers.
  4. 7. Both _______ muscle and nervous tissue within the brain and spinal cord are tissues that are replaced largely with scar tissue in the regeneration process.
  5. 8. The most common type of cartilage composed of abundant collagen fibers and a rubbery matrix and covers bones at the joints. This is the only type of cartilage that, under the microscope, there are no apparent fibers because they don't stain well. Chondrocytes are evenly scattered within the matrix.
  6. 9. The entire ____ skeleton is the type of cartilage that answers prompt #7.
  7. 11. Attach bones to other bones (dense regular connective tissue).