Cartilage

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Across
  1. 4. Basophilia of cartilage matrix is due to high concentrations of ___________
  2. 5. Perichondrium is located on all hyaline cartilage except __________ surfaces
  3. 6. clear,viscuos, colorless-slitghly yellow fluid produced by synoviocytes
  4. 8. joint type that unites bone or cartilage via fibrous tissue
  5. 9. provide strong flexible connections between muscles and bones
  6. 10. Mucin and _____ are secreted into the synovial fluid of synovial joints
  7. 12. collegan type that forms Articular cartilage
  8. 13. thick sac of connective tissue that covers the entire synovial joint and provides stability
  9. 15. collagen that replaces type 1 in tendons following injury
  10. 21. stem cells of bone and cartilage
  11. 23. cartilage seen in epiglottis and ear pinna
  12. 25. Cartilage cells embedded in cartilaginous matrix
  13. 30. provides stability of joints; connects bones to bones
  14. 31. thin membrane with lots of villi superficially lined by synoviocytes
Down
  1. 1. joint type that unites bone or cartilage via hyaline cartilage
  2. 2. bilateral depression not covered by cartilage in synovial joints
  3. 3. cartilage matures, dies, mineralized and forms scaffold to form bone
  4. 7. cluster of chondrocytes formed through division of a progenitor cell
  5. 11. Cartilage characteristic describing absence of blood vessels
  6. 12. Phagocytic Cell type in synovial joints
  7. 14. semi-rigid support to specific sites, acts as a shock absorber
  8. 16. growth plates
  9. 17. spaces with fluid between bonds
  10. 18. joint type that unites two bone ends covered by articular cartilage and an articular capsule
  11. 19. collagen fibers seen within fibrocartilage
  12. 20. peripheral immature cartilage
  13. 22. rigid frame providing protection and support for soft tissues
  14. 24. cartilage that cannot regenerate due to lack of perichondrium
  15. 26. most abundant type of cartilage
  16. 27. most abundant component of tendons
  17. 28. cartilage is important for ___________ bone growth
  18. 29. secretory cell type in synovial joints