Skeletal System
Across
- 1. Flexible connective tissue found in different forms
- 3. Shoulder blades
- 5. Neighbor to the fibula, found in the calf
- 7. A dense layer of connective tissue enveloping the joints
- 10. The largest bone in your body, found in the thigh
- 12. Immovable, freely movable, slightly movable
- 17. The part of the skeleton that consists of supporting appendages
- 19. Fluid that reduces friction in the joints during movement
- 20. The bones surrounding and protecting the lungs
- 21. Neighbor to the ulna, found in the forearm
- 23. Neighbor to the tibia, found in the calf
Down
- 1. The bones found in the front of the body, above the sternum and below the neck
- 2. Flexible tissue that holds together joints and bones
- 4. A soft fatty substance found in the cavities of bones
- 6. Found in the upper arm
- 7. Fingers and toes
- 8. What are bones important for
- 9. The breastbone
- 11. The bone found in your knee
- 13. Flat, short, long, irregular
- 14. To become rigid or brittle
- 15. There's 206 of these
- 16. The sections of your spine that act as a brace for the spinal cord
- 18. The part of the skeleton that consists of the head and trunk
- 22. Neighbor to the radius, shaped like a u