The Skeletal System
Across
- 1. the fluid-filled sacs that reduce friction at some joint areas
- 6. The type of bone that is made of osteons
- 7. A baby's "soft spots"
- 8. The most inferior portion of the sternum
- 11. The cavity that serves as the "socket" into which the femur fits
- 12. The anatomical name for the heel bone
- 15. The vertebrae to which the ribs attach
- 17. The suture that connects to two parietal bones
- 22. The capitate is a ___________ bone
Down
- 2. The fluid that is associated with many joints
- 3. The Bone-forming cells
- 4. The lateral bone of the antebrachium
- 5. The anatomical name for the cheekbone
- 9. This term refers to the shaft of the bone
- 10. The cavity that serves as the "socket" of the scapula
- 13. the anatomical name for the collarbone
- 14. This term refers to the ends of the bone
- 16. Because osteoclasts remodel bone they are responsible for creating these air-filled cavities in the skull
- 18. The division of the skeletal system that includes the skull
- 19. The number of coxae bones that make up the hip
- 20. the depressions in the osteons in which the osteocytes set in
- 21. The lateral bone of the lower leg