Across
- 3. Type of connective tissue with a firm consistency
- 6. Thin membrane that lines the inner surface of a long bone within the medullary cavity
- 8. A type of dense, fibrous connective tissue that is broad and flat in shape and connects a muscle to another structure
- 9. The shaft of a long bone
- 12. Hormone produced by the thyroid gland that is responsible for depositing calcium into the bones when the level of calcium in the bloodstream is abundant and the bones need calcium
- 13. Ability of a tissue to return to its normal length after being stretched
- 14. Name given to the tissue that unites the broken ends of a fractured bone
Down
- 1. One of the four major classifications of bones by shape; bones that are broad and thin with either a flat or curved surface
- 2. The study of motion
- 4. A flattened sac of synovial membrane that contains a film of synovial fluid within it
- 5. A type of proteoglycan molecule that is found in the organic ground substance matrix of various connective tissues
- 7. A soft spot in an infant’s skull where the process of intramembranous ossification is not yet complete
- 10. A cell that creates the fibrin threads of collagen
- 11. An abnormal increased calcium deposition on a bone