The Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 2. Found in places like your shoulder and knee
  2. 4. What provides stability and movement within the ankle and wrist joints(plural).
  3. 6. The longest and strongest bone in the body
  4. 9. The only long bone in the body that lays horizontally
  5. 10. A small band of dense, white, fibrous elastic tissue(plural).
  6. 11. the place where 2 bones meet or connect
  7. 13. Your skeleton is made of 206 _____.
  8. 14. A break in the bone which occurs when it is put under sudden or very strong pressure or force.
  9. 17. The smallest bone in the body
  10. 18. What are tendons mostly made of?
  11. 19. The long bone of the upper arm.
  12. 21. What type of bone protects internal organs?
  13. 22. What protects the bladder and uterus?
Down
  1. 1. Tendons connect muscle to _____
  2. 3. Provides structure and framework of the body.
  3. 5. Your heart and lungs are protected by your ____
  4. 7. A ligament connects the ends of bones together in order to form a ____.
  5. 8. Joints are designed to move a lot of _____.
  6. 12. The tie-shaped bone between your shoulder bones
  7. 15. A common disease that occurs when bones become weak due to changes in bone mineral density and mass, causing a higher risk for fractures.
  8. 16. What group of bones protect the brain?
  9. 20. What comes together with the Ulna to form the lower part of the arm?