Major Tissues of the Limbs Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• perimysium : w/in each skeletal muscle, muscle fibers separated into groups
• periosteum : connective tissue around bone-compact
• perichondrium : around cartilage, acts as a girdle to resist outward expansion, functions in growth and repair
• lacunae : cavity where chondrocytes are located
• skeletal muscle fiber : striated, elongated, multinucleate cell, surrounded by endomysium
• osteocyte : mature bone cells, allowing nutrient exchange-compact
• fibroblasts : cells in connective tissue producing collagen and other fibers
• canaliculus : small, tiny canal containing long extension from osteocytes-compact
• fascicles : bundles of muscle cells
• chondrocyte : cell of cartilage, shriveled up a little in lacuna
• sharpeys fibers : thick bundles of collagen running from periosteum into bone matrix-compact
• endomysium : fine sheath of connective tissue surrounding each muscle fiber w/in each fasicle
• epimysium : outer later surrounding skeletal muscle
• lamellae : ecm, arranged in sheets -compact
• central canal : core of each osteon, lined w/endosteum-compact
• compact bone : looks solid, but contains passageways for blood vessels and nerves
• osteons : long, cylindrical structures, oriented parallel to the long axis of bone and to main compression stress areas-compact
• lacuna : lake-small cavity in solid matrix-compact