Across
- 2. lighter and less dense than compact bone; contains red
- 3. lower in position
- 7. marrow
- 9. situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment
- 12. situated in the front of the body or nearer to the head
- 13. tissue that covers the body and lines body cavities
- 14. relating to the upper side or back
- 16. the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle in humans
- 17. a vertical plane which passes through the body longitudinally
Down
- 1. tissue that provides support for the body and connects its parts
- 4. the shaft or central part of a long bone
- 5. the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb
- 6. bones that make up the fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot
- 8. the end part of a long bone
- 10. towards the middle or center
- 11. a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints
- 15. shoulder blade
