Skeletal System 1

2. A floating bone found in the throat that anchors the tongue during swallowing
5. Femur, tibia, fibula, humorus are all longer than they are wide, this would classify them as ____bones.
6. An immovable joint that connects the bones of the cranium.
9. The ends of long bone that contains mostly spongy bone
12. 12 vertebrae that are found in the upper back
14. The functional unit of compact bone tissue
17. First vertebrae that allows for the "yes" movement of the head.
18. Skeleton that includes skull, ribs and vertebrae
21. Vertebrae of the lower back, 5 of them
22. last 2 pairs of ribs that are "floating" - only have an attachment to the last thoracic vertebrae
23. Flat "bowtie" shaped bone that connects to the clavicle and the true ribs.
24. Skeleton that includes shoulder, arms, hips and legs.
26. A suture that connects the 2 parietal bones in the cranium

1. The middle region of a long bone that is hollow
3. Bone tissue that is web like and allows for increased bone strength, while being light weight.
4. first 7 pairs of rubs that connect directly to the sternum with cartilage
7. 2 cranial bones that are found on both the right and left side of the skull. Contain a feature called the external auditory meatus to allow for nerve connection between brain and ear.
8. A suture that fuses during infancy, creating 1 firm frontal bone.
10. Composed of 5 fused vertebrae that is considered a vestigial structure because we no longer have a function for it.
11. Cranial bone that is found on the very back of the skull.
13. Dense bone tissue that contains many osteocytes
15. The facial bone that creates your cheek bone
16. 7 first vertebrae found in the neck region
19. 2 bones that form the nose
20. Tailbone, sacrum, vertebrae and many bones of the face have varied shape so they are able to easily connect with other bones. This would classify them as ___ bones.
22. 4 pairs of ribs that only connect to other ribs using cartilage.
25. The solid membrane that surrounds bones.