Chapter 7 Skeletal System (pgs. 107-130)

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Across
  1. 3. The cranium houses and protects this delicate organ.
  2. 5. Points of contact between two bones are called these.
  3. 7. This is the most common traumatic injury to a bone.
  4. 8. A rounded prominence at the end of a bone that articulates with another bone & forms a joint.
  5. 9. This bones is also called the tailbone.
  6. 11. The bones of the skull are considered this type of bone.
  7. 13. This bone is also called the breastbone.
  8. 15. These types of joints are found in the adult cranium.
  9. 18. A dense membrane that covers the surface of bones.
  10. 19. The spinal nerves enter & leave the spinal cord through openings between the vertebrae called these.
Down
  1. 1. Bones are a storage depot for minerals such as calcium and this mineral.
  2. 2. This is the bone of the lower jaw, the only movable bone in the face.
  3. 4. This type of injury is usually the result of a automobile accident.
  4. 6. The wrist and ankle bones are examples of this type of bone.
  5. 7. These are designed to take a great deal of punishment from the body.
  6. 10. Osteocytes come from this Greek word meaning bone.
  7. 12. Fibrous bands that connect bone to bone are called this.
  8. 14. A U-shaped bone in the neck to which the tongue is attached.
  9. 16. This is the second largest bone in the body located in the upper arm.
  10. 17. This is the largest, strongest bone in the body.