Skeletal System

2. Secure periosteum to underlying bone.
3. Thin, flattened, and usually curved.
7. Where is the axis located on the spine?
8. Typically longer than they are wide.
9. The connective tissue that attaches bones to neighboring bones.
11. Stores minerals, such as calcium.
13. The rounded ends.
17. Helps ___ soft organs.
18. Shaft, composed of compact bone.
20. The yellow marrow stored in long bones is essentially what type of tissue?
22. Includes all the bones along the bodies axis.
24. Generally cube-shaped, contains mostly spongy bone.
25. Contains the brain and spinal cord.

1. The inner lining of the medullar cavity.
4. Bone-forming cells.
5. One major function of the skeletal system is the storage of.
6. Includes all the bones that form the upper and lower limbs, the shoulder,and pelvic girdes.
10. Where is the atlas located on the spine?
12. Ends of the bone.
14. Would separate the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
15. Irregular shape.
16. The hollow storage space in the diaphysis.
19. Outside covering of the diaphysis.
21. Contains heart and lungs.
23. Helps ___ the body.