Across
- 2. second largest bone in the body, and one of the strongest that bears weight.
- 5. bone that helps stabilize your ankle
- 6. this flat bone helps protect your heart and lungs, touches the clavicles, and fuses with other bones early in life
- 7. this bone hints at a body part our ancestors had
- 13. this shoulder bone is commonly broken in bicycle accidents
- 14. you use this set of 8 bones when you move your hand and rotate it
- 15. this set of bones in the foot are pretty easy to wiggle
- 17. these bones connect the phalanges with the tarsals
- 20. these make up the middle of the bone
- 22. these bones make the back part of each foot
- 23. this bone has three fused sections; it may need to be cut during heart surgery
Down
- 1. connected to the bottom of the sternum
- 3. we touch this bone when we touch the biggest bony part of the elbow
- 4. these bones help protect your heart and lungs
- 5. the longest bone in the body, often used in the study of humans
- 7. these bones make up the top part of your backbone
- 8. these bones connect carpals and the phalanges
- 9. the 5 largest and lower bones of the spine
- 10. this set of bones in the hand are very important to let you do delicate tasks
- 11. in adults, this bone may be shaped differently in people of different sexes
- 12. these blade-shaped bones attach to muscles that are easily damaged
- 16. this tiny bone helps protect an important joint for most athletes
- 18. this bone is made of five fused vertebrae
- 19. this bone rotates around ulna
- 21. this arm bone may seem funny, but if you hit it on something, it can really hurt