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Across
  1. 3. the joint connecting the foot with the leg.
  2. 4. a small triangular bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and some apes, formed of fused vestigial vertebrae.
  3. 5. each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs
  4. 6. the inner and typically larger of the two bones between the knee and the ankle (or the equivalent joints in other terrestrial vertebrates), parallel with the fibula.
  5. 9. each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes.
  6. 12. an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant
  7. 13. A complete or partial break in a bone
  8. 15. one of two bones that make up the forearm, the other being the radius.
  9. 19. "ball and _____ joint"
Down
  1. 1. the breastbone
  2. 2. a long, thin, slightly curved bone that connects your arm to your body.
  3. 4. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue found in various forms
  4. 7. each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.
  5. 8. each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.
  6. 10. the strongest bone in the body
  7. 11. a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals
  8. 14. the skull, especially the part enclosing the brain.
  9. 16. a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
  10. 17. the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.
  11. 18. the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton with the parts that surround and support it