Across
- 2. made of frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, sphenoids, and ethmoid bones
- 4. division of the skeletal system that includes extremities
- 6. connects the sternum to the scapula
- 9. and anchoring and movement of muscles
- 10. attach bone to bone
- 11. combining form meaning bone
- 12. combining form meaning bone marrow or spinal cord
- 18. attach muscle to bone
- 19. combining form meaning joint
- 22. suffix that means softening
- 23. freely movable joints
- 24. division of the skeletal system that contains bones along the center of the body
- 25. slightly movable joints
- 26. forearm bone on the elbow side
- 27. shaft of a long bone
- 31. blood cells, produced inside the marrow of cancellous bones
- 34. girdle of the body containing the ischium, ilium, and pubis
- 35. combining form meaning flesh or connective tissue
- 36. ribs
- 37. bones made of spongy tissue and also called trabecular
- 38. body system whose functions are to provide support, protection, mineral storage, blood cell
- 39. suffix meaning process or condition
Down
- 1. outer membrane of a bone
- 3. column of the body made up of 26 segments
- 5. combining form meaning vertebra or backbone
- 7. prefix meaning change or beyond
- 8. prefix meaning within or into
- 9. largest bone in the body
- 13. plate, also called a growth plate
- 14. suffix that means abnormal condition
- 15. immovable joints
- 16. combining form meaning arm
- 17. vertebrae that make up the neck region
- 20. suffix that means surgical puncture to remove fluid
- 21. forearm bone on the thumb side
- 28. production of blood cells in the bone marrow
- 29. prefix meaning above
- 30. only facial bone capable of movement
- 32. end of a long bone
- 33. combining form meaning cartilage
- 35. prefix meaning together or with