Across
- 3. dark brown or balck pigment produced by melanocytes
- 4. lines closed internal body cavities
- 7. thin pliable sheetlike type of extracellular matrix
- 9. whitsh, flexible connector tissue
- 10. covering or coating
- 14. specialized cells involved in detection and destruction of bacteria
- 15. most inner lining of some organs and body cavities
- 16. tough, strong tissue
- 17. resident cell of cartilage
- 19. rigid tissue that constitutes part of the skeleton
Down
- 1. layer of connective tissue that lines joint, tendon sheaths, and bursae cavities
- 2. type of cartilage present in pinnae (auricles) of ear
- 5. glass like translucent cartilage
- 6. describes cells producing protein called keratin
- 8. most common cells in connective tissue
- 11. composed of cells that produce movement
- 12. group of cells that have similar structures that function together as a unit
- 13. longest living bone
- 18. chief structural unit of compact (cortical) bone