Skeletal System Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. mainly a storage area for fat cells.
  2. 5. The spinal column is composed of 26 bones called
  3. 6. shoulder bone
  4. 7. part of the upper arm
  5. 10. help hold long bones together at joints.
  6. 12. forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pel- vic girdle, and leg bones.
  7. 14. a mem-brane that lines the medullary canal and keeps the yellow marrow intact.
  8. 16. They attach to the thoracic vertebrae on the dorsal surface of the body
Down
  1. 1. The shoulder, or pectoral, girdle is made of two
  2. 2. knee cap
  3. 4. thigh bone
  4. 8. larger bone of lower arm with a projection called the olecranon process at its upper end, forming the elbow
  5. 9. breast bone
  6. 11. long saft
  7. 13. areas where two or more bones join together.
  8. 15. forms the main trunk of the body and is composed of the skull, spinal column, ribs, and breastbone