Skeletal System Key Terms

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Across
  1. 5. Process of calcium builds up in body tissue, causing tissue to harden
  2. 6. Thick, fibrous membrane that goes around and covers the outside of a bone
  3. 7. specialized cell that absorbs and removes bones
  4. 8. a place where 2 or more bones or cartilages in the skeleton
  5. 9. specialized mesenchymal cells that synthesize bone matrix
  6. 12. fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone
  7. 13. strong flexible connective tissue that protects joints
  8. 14. Internal skeleton
  9. 17. bone formation
Down
  1. 1. fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
  2. 2. upper and lower extremities which include the shoulder girdle and pelvis
  3. 3. the bones of the head, chest, and back
  4. 4. The widened ends of a long bone. Each and contains the epiphysial plate where bone growth takes place.
  5. 7. Former osteoblasts become surrounded by unmineralized matrix during bone formation
  6. 9. an inherited bone disorder (present at birth
  7. 10. thin slippery sac of fluid that provides a cushion and reduces bone friction
  8. 11. connective tissue that has a lot of strong collagen fibers in it.
  9. 15. excessive physical or mental tension
  10. 16. The straight shaft of a long bone
  11. 18. a stretching or tearing of ligaments