The Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 1. The bone of the upper arm, forming joints at the shoulder and elbow.
  2. 4. The bones that make up the spine.
  3. 6. A short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones
  4. 9. Any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton.
  5. 13. The breastbone.
  6. 14. The thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm.
  7. 15. The outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle.
  8. 16. The technical term for collar bone.
Down
  1. 2. The technical term for the shoulder blade.
  2. 3. A flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.
  3. 5. A framework of bone or cartilage enclosing the brain of a vertebrate.
  4. 7. The inner and typically larger of the two bones between the knee and the ankle.
  5. 8. The large bony structure near the base of the spine to which the hind limbs or legs are attached.
  6. 10. The thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm.
  7. 11. The bone of the thigh or upper hind limb.
  8. 12. A firm whitish flexible connective tissue.