Skeletal System Vocab List
Across
- 2. Includes all the bones of the appendages
- 3. Another word for slightly moveable
- 6. Cells that break down and reabsorb bone tissue
- 11. Tissue that attaches the ribs to the sternum
- 12. Fills the medullary cavity and stores fat
- 15. Soft spots in an infant's skull
- 16. The ends of a long bone
- 18. The last fused vertebrae that makes up the tailbone
- 19. Another name for dense, solid compact bone; arranged in concentric circles
- 21. Passages of blood vessels and nerves at the center of each osteon
- 22. Structures that connect bone to bone
- 23. Cervical vertebra (C2) that pivots/rotates head
- 25. Formation of red blood cells in red bone marrow
- 26. Cells that produce matrix and form bone tissue
- 27. Concentric circles of matrix around each haversian canal
- 29. Last 2 pairs of false ribs; do not attach to sternum at all
- 31. Chambers that enclose each osteocyte
- 33. The shaft of a bone
- 35. Tissues that lines the medullary cavity
- 36. Structures that connect bone to muscle
- 37. Region of cartilage at the ends of bones where growth occurs; “growth plate”
- 38. Mature bone cells
- 39. Cervical vertebra (C1) attached to the skull; moves head forward and backward
- 40. Membranes that covers bone and attaches to tendons and ligaments
Down
- 1. Bones that are roughly cube-shaped, like wrist and ankle bones
- 4. The fundamental unit of bone tissue
- 5. Passages of blood vessels and nerves that connect the periosteum
- 7. Another word for immovable
- 8. Two names for the formation of bone tissue
- 9. Hollow chambers within the diaphysis
- 10. Opening in the skull where the spinal cord connects to the brain stem
- 11. Tiny passages of cytoplasm that connect osteocytes together
- 13. Another name for spongy; often filled with bone marrow
- 14. Type of joint enclosed in a capsule, such as joints between long bones
- 17. Connection points between skull bones
- 20. Includes the skull, vertebrae, and rib cage
- 24. Bones that are embedded in tendons
- 28. Any connection between two bones
- 30. Structures that join the 2 halves of the pelvic girdle
- 32. The joint enclosed in a capsule, such as joints between long bones
- 34. Ribs that attaches the ribs to the sternum