Across
- 1. stretchy yellow connective tissue fibers consisting of the protein elastin
- 3. mature bone cells
- 7. neurons and neuroglia
- 12. a hard, mineralized connective tissue that forms the skeleton
- 14. thin collagenous fibers
- 16. fat-storing tissue
- 20. consists of a single layer of thin, flattened cells
Down
- 2. membrane that lines a cavity that does not open to the outside of the body
- 4. cordlike or bandlike masses of white fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
- 5. groups are similar cells that perform specialized functions
- 6. cartilage cell
- 8. cells that produce fibers in connective tissue
- 9. layer of extracellular matrix that anchors epithelial tissue to underlying connective tissue
- 10. a flexible type of cartilage with many elastic fibers
- 11. nerve cells
- 13. tissue with cells that are in layers
- 15. band between adjacent cardiac muscle cells
- 17. tissue with cells that appear to be in layers, but are not
- 18. tissue with flattened or scalelike cells
- 19. tissue that stores fat