skeletal system structure and function
Across
- 2. the thigh bone, extending from the pelvis to the knee.
- 4. the bone of the lower jaw.
- 6. a firm elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle
- 8. the movable or fixed place or part where two bones or elements of a skeleton join.
- 9. the long bone in the arm of humans extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
- 12. the inner and larger of the two bones of the lower leg
- 13. the inner and larger bone of the forearm, on the side opposite the thumb.
Down
- 1. a bone of the pectoral arch
- 2. calf bone, the lateral and smaller of the two bones of the leg.
- 3. either two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans.
- 5. the part of the skull that encloses the brain
- 7. one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans
- 10. the bone of the forearm on the thumb side.
- 11. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrae.