skeletal system review

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Across
  1. 3. vary in shape and structure and therefore do not fit into any other category of bone
  2. 8. shaped roughly as a cube and contain mostly spongy bone
  3. 11. made mostly of fat and contains stem cells that can become cartilage, fat, or bone cells
  4. 14. a medical specialty focusing on injuries and diseases affecting your musculoskeletal system
  5. 16. the formation of new blood cells
Down
  1. 1. a small bone that is commonly found embedded within a muscle or tendon near joint surfaces
  2. 2. a joint or juncture between bones or cartilages in the skeleton of a vertebrate
  3. 4. contains blood stem cells that can become red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets
  4. 5. A membrane lining the inner surface of the bony wall
  5. 6. bone that protects internal organs
  6. 7. dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes, or bone cells
  7. 9. the shaft of a long bone
  8. 10. a bone that has a shaft and 2 ends and is longer than it is wide
  9. 12. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue
  10. 13. hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans
  11. 15. Tissue that gives strength and structure to bone
  12. 17. a thin layer of specialized connective tissue with unique viscoelastic properties