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