Across
- 3. The embryological origin of connective tissues
- 7. a two word name for the areolar connective tissue under a mucous membrane
- 9. a location (plural) where one would find dense regular connective tissue
- 10. the adjective of a tissue that makes blood
- 11. functional unit of compact bone
- 12. The helper cells of the nervous system
- 19. A 'juvenile' cartilage cell
- 21. rod like bony structures inside a spongy bone
- 22. The name for the cell body of a neuron
- 23. A location where elastic cartilage is found
Down
- 1. a protein fiber that is neither collagen nor elastic
- 2. a chemical released by mast cells
- 4. The cell at the start of all connective tissue propers
- 5. scientific name of a red blood cell
- 6. The concentric circles around the central canal of an osteon
- 7. the living space/area of cartilage and bone cells
- 8. the hydrophobic chemicals found inside a fat cell
- 13. very long slender projection of a neuron
- 14. what we find in the intercalated discs of cardiac muscle and between smooth muscle cells (2 words)
- 15. the tissue that protects and prevents heat loss
- 16. The most common protein fiber in your body
- 17. What skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle have in common
- 18. When we combine ground substance and protein fibers
- 20. a scientific name that refers to platelets