Across
- 4. Provides stable matrix (web) to supports cells in the body.
- 5. Connect muscle to bone.
- 8. Prevents vertebra in spine from smashing together by forming a cushion like disk between each vertebra.
- 10. Provide strong connection between issues.
- 12. Some protect,support,& bind together other body tissues, while others absorb water used by the body.
- 13. Supports larynx, attaches ribs to breastbone, covers bone ends at the point.
- 14. Provide flexible support to delicate structures like vessels.
Down
- 1. Provide ridged protection & support organs.
- 2. Protects organs, insulates body & stores energy.
- 3. Provide flexible support (not ridged.
- 6. Transports nutrients & other material through body, helps regulate body temperature, helps regulate fluid levels, helps remove toxins from body.
- 7. Provides elasticity to structures that need to stretch.
- 9. Connect to bone to bone at the joints and limits the range of motion of body parts at the joints.
- 11. Binds outer layers of skin to muscle.