Skeletal System

2. The lower leg bone that bears most of the body's weight
3. The largest and strongest bone in the body
7. The shaft or central portion of a bone
10. Movement that occurs when a body part moves away from the midline of the body
12. Tough connective tissue membrane covering the outer surface of a bone
14. Cells responsible for building new bone tissue
18. The medical name for the collarbone
19. Term that describes bending a joint and decreasing the angle between two bones
20. The meaning of the medical element arthr/o
21. The enlarged ends of a long bone

1. Medical term for kneecap
4. The only freely movable bone in the skull
5. Thin membrane that lines the inside of the medullary cavity
6. The meaning of the medical element orth/o
8. Movement that is the opposite of supination
9. The meaning of the medical element cartilage
11. The formation of bone tissue
13. Cells that are responsible for breaking down and reabsorbing bone tissue
15. Bone disorder characterized by a decrease in bone density and mass
16. The connective tissue that connects bone to bone
17. The meaning of the medical element carp/o