Across
- 3. primary function is for transport of nutrients, wastes, gases and hormones
- 6. most abundance and widely distributed
- 7. fluid surrounding cells
- 9. connect bone to bone
- 11. network of fibers that support other cell types, found in lymph nodes, bone marrow and spleen
- 12. connect muscle to bone
Down
- 1. glue that fills space between cells and fibers
- 2. cell where nucleus is pushed to the side by large fat droplet
- 4. primarily parallel collagen fibers with a few elastic fibers; withstands great tensile stress
- 5. gel-like matrix with elastic, collagen and reticular fibers, wraps and cushions organs
- 8. located in bone and made up of osteocytes and osteoblasts
- 10. connective tissue that is avascular