Skeletal System Review.

3. in shape and structure and therefore do not fit into any other category.
5. bone that has a shaft and 2 ends and is longer than it is wide.
8. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue.
10. tissue-Tissue that gives strength and structure to bones.
11. mostly of fat and contains stem cells that can become cartilage, fat, or bone cells.
13. roughly as a cube and contain mostly spongy bone.
14. small independent bone or bony nodule developed in a tendon where it passes over an angular structure, typically in the hands and feet.
16. thin layer of specialized connective tissue with unique viscoelastic properties.
17. of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.

1. framework of the body, consisting of bones and other connective tissues.
2. bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes, or bone cells.
4. of blood cellular components.
6. blood stem cells that can become red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets.
7. made up of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone
9. the inner lining of the bone
12. medical specialty focusing on injuries and diseases affecting your musculoskeletal system.
15. joint or juncture between bones or cartilages in the skeleton of a vertebrate.