Across
- 1. Connective tissue attaching muscle to bone
- 5. Leg muscles which bend the knee
- 9. Oxygen-carrying cell produced in bone marrow
- 10. Flat bone known as the shoulder blade
- 13. Hormone lowering blood calcium levels
- 15. Bone at the center of the chest
- 18. Inner layer of skin containing nerves and blood vessels
- 19. Connective tissue attaching bone to bone
- 22. Large opening at skull base for spinal cord
- 23. Mature bone cell maintaining bone tissue
- 25. Shaft of a long bone
- 27. Joint that allows for rotating
- 31. Bony structure protecting lungs and heart
- 35. Floating, false, and true bones the protect the heat and lungs
- 36. Skeleton Skull, vertebral column, and rib cage
- 39. Strong, flexible connective tissue that protects your joints and bones
- 41. Fused vertebrae forming part of the pelvis
- 44. Cartilage Flexible cartilage found in the ear and epiglottis
- 45. Immovable joint between skull bone
- 46. Lubricating fluid in freely movable joints
- 47. Muscle attachment point to a stationary bone
- 48. Stores fat in bone cavities
- 54. Bones of the fingers and toes
- 56. Growth plate in a long bone where bone growth occurs in children
- 62. Joint found in hip and shoulder
- 63. Skeleton Bones of the limbs and girdles
- 64. Forearm bone on the pinky side
- 65. Blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood away from heart
- 66. Forearm bone on the thumb side
- 68. Membrane covering outer surface of bones
- 69. Vertebrae C1-C7 bones that support the neck
- 70. Gland regulating calcium levels for bones
- 72. Cavity Central cavity within long bones containing marrow
- 73. Bone forming the upper jaw
- 75. The 5 bones of the foot
- 77. Bones that form the ankles
- 78. Hip bone
- 79. Dense outer layer of bone
Down
- 2. Cell that breaks down old bone
- 3. Vertebrae Middle section of the spine connected to ribs
- 4. Leg muscles which straighten the knee
- 6. Junction where neurons communicate with muscles
- 7. Soft spot on a baby's skull that later hardens into bone
- 8. Nerve carrying signals from spinal cord to body
- 11. Cartilage Smooth tissue covering ends of bones at joints
- 12. Nervous tissue that carries nerve signals from your brain to the rest of your body and back
- 14. Muscle attachment point to a movable bone
- 16. Muscle that straightens the arm at elbow
- 17. Muscle which covers the shoulder joint
- 20. Bone U-shaped bone in the neck that supports the tongue
- 21. Vertebrae L1-L5 bones in the lower back
- 24. Bone Hard, dense bone tissue found in shaft of bones
- 26. Bone that forms the kneecap
- 28. Longer and known as shinbone
- 29. Hard structures for chewing, embedded in jaws
- 30. Immune cell produced inside bones
- 32. Front part of pelvis
- 33. Main flexor muscle of the upper arm
- 34. Bone alongside the tibia
- 37. Microscopic blood vessel for nutrient/gas exchange
- 38. Another word for cancellous bone
- 40. Scientific term for a joint, where two bones meet
- 42. Site of red blood cell production
- 43. Blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart
- 44. End part of a long bone
- 49. Cell that builds new bone tissue
- 50. Microscopic unit of compact bone
- 51. Movable bone forming the lower jaw
- 52. Joint that allows for bending
- 53. Capsule Fibrous tissue enclosing a synovial joint
- 55. Upper arm bone
- 56. Outer protective layer of skin
- 57. Small tailbone at bottom of vertebral column
- 58. Bone structure that protects the brain
- 59. Palate Bony roof of the mouth
- 60. Longest and strongest bone in the body
- 61. Lower, posterior of pelvis
- 67. The 5 bones of the hand
- 69. Eight small bones that form the wrist
- 71. Broad, flaring part of the pelvis
- 74. Known as the collarbone
- 76. Bone Bone supporting the upper nose