Vertebrate Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 2. Skeletal division that provides protection along the longitudinal axis of the body.
  2. 4. Mineral stored in bones.
  3. 5. Forelimb bone that articulates with carpus.
  4. 8. Pair of cranial bones that make up the postero-lateral region of the skull.
  5. 9. Bone that makes up a portion of the orbit.
  6. 12. Ribs that articulate indirectly to the sternum.
  7. 13. Opening that provides passage of the spinal cord to the vertebral column.
  8. 14. Tarsal Primary weight bearing bone of the tarsus that articulates with the leg.
  9. 17. Bone location of the external auditory meatus.
  10. 18. Skeletal division that provides locomotion.
  11. 21. Vertebra that supports skull & articulates with occipital condyles.
  12. 22. Articulates with humerus at wide concavity.
  13. 23. First sternebrae that has a distinct arrowhead shape.
Down
  1. 1. Lateral bone of the lower leg.
  2. 3. Immovable jaw bone.
  3. 6. Bone of the pectoral girdle that is greatly reduced in cats.
  4. 7. Larger weight-bearing bone of the hindlimb.
  5. 10. Five bones set between the tarsus and digits.
  6. 11. Process by which blood cells are formed.
  7. 15. Bone of pectoral girdle not directly attached to the axial skeleton.
  8. 16. Bone that articulates with the glenoid cavity.
  9. 18. Structure on the hip bone that articulates with the femur.
  10. 19. Moveable jaw bone.
  11. 20. Vertebrae that articulate with the ribs.