Skeletal System
Across
- 2. Your skeletal system supports your ______ evenly so that you can stand and move with ease.
- 3. Your bone contains ________ that produces both red and white blood cells for your body.
- 4. Your bones are structured in ways that protect your vital _______.
- 6. This is the hard outer part of the bone that acts as protection for the inside structures.
- 10. Don’t allow the individual bones to move independently of one another.
- 12. This type of connective tissue connects your muscles and bones together.
- 13. Your bones act as storage for some ________ like calcium and vitamin D.
Down
- 1. These strong bands of connective tissue hold your bones in place alongside one another.
- 5. The second later acts as the structure and support for your body. It is hard, white, and smooth.
- 7. This type of cancer forms in your bones and may lead to tumors that fracture your bones.
- 8. This is smooth and flexible, covering your bones where they meet.
- 9. The place where two bones meet is called a _______.
- 11. The center of your bone is soft and has pores that store bone marrow.