The Skeletal System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• cartilaginous: slightly movable joints.
• joint: the place where two bones come together.
• flat: bone shape that is thin and flattened e.g. sternum.
• synovial: freely movable joints.
• irregular: bone shape that does not fit any of the other criteria e.g. vertebrae.
• sesamoid: bone shape that is a type of short bone, usually shaped like a sesame shape e.g. patella.
• cartilage: a tough but flexible tissue that is the main type of connective tissue in the body.
• ligaments: a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone.
• long: bone shape that is considerably longer than it is wider e.g. femur.
• short: bone shape that is roughly equal in width and length e.g. trapezoid.
• fibrous: immovable joints.
• tendons: a type of dense, regular connective tissue. they are primarily made of strands of collagen.