Across
- 2. The study of bones
- 4. Flat plate; forms the center of the front
- 7. Forms back of skull - indent above the nape area
- 8. Collarbone; forms area from throat to shoulder
- 9. Found in the arms and legs (2 words)
- 10. Shinbone, inner and larger of the two lower leg bones
- 12. 7 bones that make up the mid-foot and rear foot
- 14. 5 long thin bones - form the palm of hand
- 16. Anklebone; sits above the heel bone and forms the lower part of the ankle
- 18. 8 small bones held together by ligaments to form the wrist (carpus)
- 19. 2 bones - sides of head above ears, below parietal
- 22. Largest bone of upper arm - elbow to shoulder
- 23. Extends from the knee to the ankle
- 25. Small bone on thumb side of lower arm or forearm
- 26. 5 bones that connect phalanges to the tarsals
- 27. - 14 bones that form digits or fingers; fingers have 3, thumbs 2
Down
- 1. Point at which 2 or more bones are joined together
- 3. 12 vertabrae in the chest region that form the central region of the spine (2 words)
- 5. Kneecap; sits over the front of the knee joint
- 6. Found in the skull, scapula, and sternum (2 words)
- 11. Flatbone- extends from middle of back to where it attaches to clavicle; shoulder blade
- 13. Thigh bone, or longest bone in the body
- 15. Bone located on little finger side of lower arm
- 17. 2 bones - forms crown and upper sides of head
- 20. 12 pairs of curved bones which form the rib cage of the upper body
- 21. Forms the forehead
- 24. Found in the wrist, ankle, and spinal column(2 words)