Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 4. connect bone to bone
  2. 5. mid/upper back
  3. 6. low back
  4. 8. fancy name for joint, means where things meet
  5. 9. a ___ disc means "slipped disc"
  6. 10. vertebrae protect our ___ ___
  7. 12. broken bone
  8. 13. breastbone
  9. 16. a weakening of the bone, it becomes holey and easier to fracture, often seen in older people
  10. 19. wrist bones
  11. 21. very top vertebra, C1
  12. 22. forearm bone on the thumb side
  13. 23. large triangle shaped bone made of fused vertebrae connecting you spine to your pelvis
Down
  1. 1. large shin bone
  2. 2. smooth white material, not as hard as bone, found at ends of bones and connecting ribs to sternum, in ears and nose
  3. 3. tail bone
  4. 7. foot bones
  5. 8. this portion of the skeleton is made of the limbs
  6. 11. neck area
  7. 12. thigh bone
  8. 14. connect muscle to bone
  9. 15. ribs
  10. 17. membrane that covers the bone, literally means surrounds bone
  11. 18. this portion of the skeleton protects the tissues underneath
  12. 20. the over stretching of a ligament
  13. 24. give the spine strength and flexibility