Skeletal System Vocabulary
Across
- 5. a bone that has a shaft and 2 ends and is longer than it is wide.
- 6. your body's central framework
- 7. made up of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone.
- 9. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints.
- 11. the type of joint found between bones that move against each other
- 13. shaped roughly as a cube and contain mostly spongy bone.
- 15. any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.
- 16. where red blood cells are created
- 17. a point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined.
Down
- 1. the shaft or central part of a long bone.
- 2. a location where two or more bones meet.
- 3. contains synovial fluid secreted by the synovial membrane (synovium), which lines the articular capsule.
- 4. a small bone commonly found embedded within a muscle or tendon near joint surfaces
- 8. marrow that stores fat
- 10. a partial or complete break in the bone
- 12. the cells required for bone synthesis and mineralization
- 14. lighter and less dense than compact bone.