Across
- 2. spongy consists of numerous branching bony plates
- 5. reduces the weight of bone
- 6. encloses and protects the brain
- 11. (first vertebra) supports and balances the head
- 12. disc, structure between vertebrae
- 15. flexion, movement at the ankle that moves the foot farther from the shin
- 16. bending parts at a joint so that the angle between them decreases and the parts come closer together (bending the knee)
- 18. bone, bone that forms within sheetlike masses of connective tissue
- 20. joint, lie between bones that closely contact one another and are held together by a thin layer of dense connective tissues
- 21. forms the lowest portion of the hip bone (L-shape angle)
- 22. cell that breaks down bone tissue
- 24. the largest and uppermost portion of the hip bone (flares out-ward: forming the prominence of the hip)
- 25. bones, bones from the prominences of the cheeks below and to the sides of the eyes
- 26. commonly soft spot (membranous areas of incomplete intramembranous
Down
- 1. bone, forms the anterior portion of the skull above the eyes
- 3. (second vertebra) provides a pivot for the atlas when the head is turned from side to side
- 4. bones, develop as hyaline cartilage that is later replaced by bone tissue
- 7. skeleton, consists of the bony and cartilaginous parts that support and protect the organs of the head; neck; and truck
- 8. bone, located in the neck between the lower jaw and the larynx
- 9. cell that will form bone tissue
- 10. lies outside the human embryo
- 13. located on the thumb side of the forearm between the elbow and the wrist
- 14. movement at the ankle that brings the foot closer to the shin
- 17. constitutes the anterior portion of the hip bone
- 19. process that forms blood cells
- 23. cage, protects the organs of the thoracic cavity and the upper abdominal cavity