Skeletal System Vocabulary
Across
- 1. _____ cavity; filled with yellow bone marrow
- 3. ____ and fibula lower leg bones
- 6. the protein fiber that provides bone their flexibility and strength
- 9. cartilage cells
- 11. radius and ____ forearm bones
- 12. upper arm bones
- 14. protects your thoracic cavity
- 15. feet bones
- 17. type of bone, ex vertebrae
- 18. role of skeleton, keeps organs safe
- 19. shoulder bone
- 20. type of bone, ex femur
- 21. type of bone tissue that has spaces filled with bone marrow, holes
- 23. knee bone
- 28. bone forming cells that secrete calcified ground substance
- 29. bone killing cells that break down bone for remodeling, growth, or repair
Down
- 2. shaft of bone
- 4. finger bones
- 5. thigh bone
- 7. chest bone
- 8. role of skeleton, makes red blood cells
- 10. the mineral that gives bone their strength and hardness
- 13. wrist bones
- 16. _____ cartilage covers the epiphysis at joints
- 19. type of bone, ex wrist bones
- 22. type of bone, ex skull
- 24. your hip and waist bones
- 25. bone cell in a calcified matrix
- 26. end of the bone, made with spongy bony tissue
- 27. type of bone tissue that is strong, osteons arranged in circles called lamellae