Across
- 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.
Down
- 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.