Across
- 3. core of the human skeleton
- 4. rigid, living connective tissue that forms the skeletal frame of vertebrates
- 8. bones of the spine
- 9. tough, flexible, and fibrous band of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
Down
- 1. strong, flexible, and avascular (lacking blood vessels) connective tissue that serves as a structural component
- 2. bones meet
- 5. portion of the vertebrate skeleton
- 6. tough, fibrous band of connective tissue that connects bones to other bones
- 7. inside bones that produces blood cells