Tissues

6. a protein fiber that is neither collagen nor elastic
11. the adjective of a tissue that makes blood
13. The name for the cell body of a neuron
14. When we combine ground substance and protein fibers
16. the tissue that protects and prevents heat loss
19. a two word name for the areolar connective tissue under a mucous membrane
20. The most common protein fiber in your body
22. the hydrophobic chemicals found inside a fat cell
23. a scientific name that refers to platelets
24. functional unit of compact bone

1. The helper cells of the nervous system
2. A location where elastic cartilage is found
3. The concentric circles around the central canal of an osteon
4. A 'juvenile' cartilage cell
5. rod like bony structures inside a spongy bone
7. The embryological origin of connective tissues
8. the living space/area of cartilage and bone cells
9. What skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle have in common
10. The cell at the start of all connective tissue propers
12. a chemical released by mast cells
15. very long slender projection of a neuron
17. what we find in the intercalated discs of cardiac muscle and between smooth muscle cells (2 words)
18. scientific name of a red blood cell
21. a location (plural) where one would find dense regular connective tissue