Skeletal System Crossword
Across
- 3. 126 bones of the appendages and the girdles, provides support and flexibility.
- 8. Attaches muscle to bone
- 9. inflammatory disease that damages joints and surrounding tissues.
- 11. External skeletal system made up of chitin and calcium carbonate that provides protection
- 13. Internal skeletal system comprising bone and cartilage.
- 14. System Solid framework of bones and connective tissues to support the body.
- 15. Bone makes up the dense outer layer of bone.
- 16. loss of bone tissue
Down
- 1. Marrow soft connective tissues that produce blood cells, found inside spongy bone.
- 2. bone found inside bones and is lighter and less dense; porous.
- 4. Attach bone to bone.
- 5. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes.
- 6. tough, fibrous membrane that covers and protects the outer surface of bone.
- 7. 80 bones along the axis of the body, provides protection to the internal organs.
- 10. Hold the skeleton together and support movement.
- 12. maintaining a stable environment.