The Skeletal System
Across
- 4. any of the bones of the fingers or toes
- 6. the small triangular bone at the lower end of the spine in human beings and some apes
- 10. relating to the eye socket
- 11. the bone in the lower jaw of a person or animal
- 13. a long, thin bone in the lower part of your arm
- 14. any bone of the wrist
- 16. the long bone in the upper half of your arm, between your shoulder and your elbow
- 19. the technical word for the collarbone
- 20. any of several short, angular bones that in humans make up the ankle
- 21. the bones at the front of your knees
- 23. a long bone which runs from your throat to your shoulders
- 26. the long flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached
- 27. the middle part of the arm where it bends
- 29. the outer bone of the two bones in the lower part of your leg
- 30. the part of a person's leg above the knee
Down
- 1. the middle part of the foot between the ankle and the toes
- 2. of or relating to the neck or cervix
- 3. relating to the lower part of your back
- 5. the large bone at the front of the lower leg
- 7. the round part of your skull that contains your brain
- 8. the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers
- 9. the skeleton of the head of a vertebrate forming a bony or cartilaginous case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws
- 12. the large wedge-shaped bone, consisting of five fused vertebrae, in the lower part of the back
- 15. the part of your body between your neck and your waist
- 17. any of the arched bones attached posteriorly to the vertebral column and enclosing the chest cavity
- 18. one of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column
- 20. a strong piece of tissue in the body connecting a muscle to a bone
- 22. of the two parts of the body at each side of the neck that join the arms to the rest of the body
- 24. a type of strong tissue found in humans in the joints and other places such as the nose, throat, and ears
- 25. the widest of the three bones that form the pelvis
- 28. the thicker of the two bones in the lower arm