Skeletal System
Across
- 4. Two extremities on the ends of the long shaft called the diaphysis
- 6. connective tissue bands, help hold long bones together at the joints
- 7. located in the pelvic girdle, joins with the sacrum
- 8. palm of the hand
- 11. a membrane that lines the medullary canal and keeps the yellow marrow intact
- 13. The medical term for the heel formed by the large tarsal bone
- 14. provide for attachment of the upper arm bones
Down
- 1. two or more bones join together
- 2. The spinal column composed of 26 bones
- 3. large weight bearing bone of the lower leg commonly called the shin bone
- 5. the outside of the bone covered in tough membrane is called
- 9. the spherical structure that surrounds and protects the brain
- 10. lower arm on thumb side that rotates around the ulna to allow the hand to turn freely
- 12. also known as the breastbone