Skeletal Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Bearing the weight of the body
  2. 4. Immovable/slightly movable and held together by cartilage
  3. 8. Shaft, long part
  4. 9. Bones are classified by
  5. 11. New blood cells are produced
  6. 12. Extends from the skull to the pelvis
  7. 13. Storage of minerals to be released into the blood stream
  8. 16. Encasing essential organs
  9. 17. Immovable/slightly movable and held together by fibrous connective tissue
  10. 18. Joints provide movement for bones
Down
  1. 1. A hollow cavity found in the long bone
  2. 2. Pectoral and pelvic girdles, bones of the arms, legs, pelvis and shoulders
  3. 5. Muscle to bone
  4. 6. Bone to bone
  5. 7. Highly movable and contains synovial fluid for frictionless movement
  6. 10. Central axis of the body, skull, ribs, sternum, vertebrae
  7. 14. End of bone
  8. 15. Production of red and white blood cells from bone marrow