Skeletal System

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