Skin Crossword

1. A type of cartilage that provides strength and elasticity.
7. groups of cells that have a similar structure and act together to perform a specific function.
9. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms.
10. The moist, inner lining of some organs and body cavities.
12. natural skin pigment.
13. The epithelial membrane that lines the closed ventral cavities of the body.
15. The most abundant type of cartilage
16. Formations characteristic of mature bone and take shape during the process of bone remodeling.
18. A tissue intermediate between dense connective tissue and hyaline cartilage.
19. A connective tissue cell that occupies a lacuna within (the) cartilage matrix
20. A firm tissue that is much more flexible than bone.

2. The lining of a joint that secretes synovial fluid into the joint space.
3. Cells that have the special ability to shorten or contract in order to produce movement of the body parts.
4. everything covering the outside of an animal's body. (external covering)
5. Thin, dense sheets of the specialized, self-assembled extracellular matrix that surround most animal tissues.
6. A cell that lies within the substance of fully formed bone.
8. A type of white blood cell that is found in connective tissues all through the body
11. The process by which lower layers of the dermis becomes the tough, insoluble, outer layer of the skin
14. The substance that forms the skeleton of the body
17. The most common type of cell found in connective tissue.