Skeletal System
Across
- 3. The thin membrane of connective tissue that covers bones except at articulations
- 5. A thin membrane of connective tissue that lines the marrow cavity of a bone
- 7. The axis of the body; consists of the head, vertebral column, and the ribs and sternum and provides the body with form and protection
- 8. The lighter weight portion of bone that is made up to trabeculae
Down
- 1. The part of the skeleton composed of the limbs and their attachments
- 2. The hard portion of bone that protects spongy bone and provides the firm framework of the bone and the body
- 4. An irregular meshing of small, bony plates that makes up spongy bone
- 6. Round bones that are often embedded in tendons and joint capsules