Across
- 3. Fibers that are found in tendons and ligaments
- 5. Connects bone to bone
- 6. Connective tissue that resists pull in any direction
- 8. Medication that kills bacteria
- 10. Dense irregular connective tissue also forms a sheath around the bone
- 12. Elongated extension of a neuron that conducts an action potential, sends information to other neurons
- 16. Presence of pathogens, harmful bacteria, within the tissue
- 18. When dense irregular connective tissue also forms a sheath around cartilages
- 19. Fat that is highly vascularized and contains plenty of mitochondria
- 20. A sensory process of a neuron, little branches, receives information from other neurons
- 21. Embryonic connective tissue is called this; gives rise to all other connective tissues
Down
- 1. Collagenous band that connects muscle to bone
- 2. Defense mechanism that operates in the tissue level, swelling, redness, heat, pain
- 4. Membrane that lines the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities. Reduces friction
- 7. Provides padding and cushion shocks, insulates, stores energy
- 9. Contains the epidermis and the dermis
- 11. Connective tissue that resists pull from one direction
- 13. Mature bone cells in spaces called lacunae
- 14. Medication that treats fungi
- 15. Membrane that lines joint cavities and produces the synovial fluid within the joint
- 17. A cell in the nervous tissue, Cell that cannot divide
