Skeletal System
Across
- 7. disease that weakens your bones and makes your bones thinner and less dense
- 9. a band of tissue that connects bones
- 11. main form of structural support
- 12. connective tissues between your muscles and bones inflame
- 14. strong flexible tissue that acts like a shock absorber in joints
- 15. 80 total bones; vertical axis
- 16. tight, stretchy fiber, that give people strength to do movement better
- 17. produces blood cells
Down
- 1. Soft fatty tissue, inside the bones of your body made of stem cells
- 2. damage to joints; causes stiffness, joint pain, and inflammation
- 3. painful swelling in a small fluid area around bones called the bursae
- 4. any place where two or more bones meet
- 5. 126 total bones; upper and lower sides of the body
- 6. essential life-maintaining fluid that circulates throughout our entire body
- 8. your bodys support structure
- 10. cords that connect muscles to bones (looks like a rope)
- 13. stores fat