Skeletal system

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Across
  1. 3. core of the human skeleton
  2. 4. rigid, living connective tissue that forms the skeletal frame of vertebrates
  3. 8. bones of the spine
  4. 9. tough, flexible, and fibrous band of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
Down
  1. 1. strong, flexible, and avascular (lacking blood vessels) connective tissue that serves as a structural component
  2. 2. bones meet
  3. 5. portion of the vertebrate skeleton
  4. 6. tough, fibrous band of connective tissue that connects bones to other bones
  5. 7. inside bones that produces blood cells