Histology Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Gland that is ductless and moves through extracellular spaces
  2. 6. Nervous tissue transmitting impulses to other neurons, glands, or muscle fibers
  3. 10. Skin membrane
  4. 11. Membrane that surrounds organs and lines body cavities without external environment
  5. 14. Vascular tissue (blood)
  6. 18. Tissue that protects and supports the body, binds organs together, stores energy
  7. 19. Tissue composed of muscle cells and converts chemical energy into mechanical energy
  8. 21. Nerve cell
  9. 22. Column or rectangular shaped cells
  10. 23. Type of muscle tissue attached to bones
  11. 24. Flat and scale-like shaped cells
  12. 25. Tissue that covers body surfaces, lines body cavities and ducts, forms glands
  13. 26. Cartilage for shock absorption, found in intervertebral disks, pubic syphysis, menisci of knee, epiglottis
  14. 27. Box or cube shaped cells
Down
  1. 1. Tissue adapted for tension in one direction, ie tendons, aponeuroses, ligaments
  2. 3. Structural cartilage providing strength and rigidity
  3. 4. Mature cartilage cells
  4. 5. Type of muscle that forms bulk of heart wall
  5. 7. Gland that secretes into ducts
  6. 8. Type of muscle located in the walls of hollow structures and organs
  7. 9. Study of tissues
  8. 12. Cartilage that reduces friction at joints, and is the most abundant cartilage in the body
  9. 13. Contractile tissue
  10. 15. Bone tissue
  11. 16. Conductive tissue
  12. 17. Membrane that lines structures that have opening to external environment
  13. 20. Membrane that lines cavities of freely movable joints