Skeletal System Review

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Across
  1. 3. The bones that protect your heart and lungs (2 words)
  2. 5. The layer of bone under the compact bone. It is a network of pores and tunnels (2 words)
  3. 6. This is the kind of bone marrow where fats are stored
  4. 8. The fluid that allows the joints to move more easily
  5. 12. A firm but resilient material in the body on the ends of bones that absorbs shock well
  6. 13. The outside layer of bone; a thin tough memebrane
  7. 16. Your body needs this to make strong bones and makes this when exposed to the sun (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. The tough fiber that makes up part of the bone
  2. 2. Tissues that connect one bone to another bone
  3. 4. The bones of your head
  4. 5. The bony supportive structure within the human body (2 words)
  5. 7. This happens when two smaller bones are joined together to form one
  6. 9. The cells that make new bones
  7. 10. The longest bone in the body - the thigh bone
  8. 11. The fats that are stored in your bones, as well as your body
  9. 14. The kind of bone marrow where blood cells are made
  10. 15. A mineral stored in your bones that makes your bones strong