skeletal system

6. a short band tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint
8. 2_____________,or shoulder bones
9. the ______________ process is a small piece of cartilage at the bottom
12. a horizontal bone above the first rib that makes up the front part of the shoulder.
13. technical word for collarbone
14. _________or upper arm bone
15. the next 5 pairs are called _________. the first 3 pairs of these ribs each attach to the cartilage or the rib above it.

1. there are 12 pairs of ribs, or __________
2. the _____________ is the body
3. the last two pairs have no attachment on the front of the body.
4. __________,or the lower arm bone on the thumb side
5. the ___________is the upper region. it is attached by ligaments on both sides of the clavicles
7. the___is also know as the chest cavity helps protect heart and lungs
10. _______ or the lower arm bone whose upper end forms the elbow
11. the first 7 pairs are called ________ because they are attached to the sternum, or breast