Skeletal System Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. - acts as a shock absorber to joints
  2. 6. - Holds the vital organs in place when playing sport
  3. 8. - elastic tissue which connects bone to bone
  4. 9. - angle decreases at the joint
  5. 10. - where two or more bones meet
Down
  1. 1. - Osteoporosis is prevented by an increase in bone
  2. 2. - movement which takes a limb away from the mid line of the body
  3. 3. - there are over 200 of them in our body
  4. 5. - moving a limb closer to the mid line of the body
  5. 7. - a mineral which helps teeth and bones stay strong