Skeletal System Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: depressions: flattened or indented portions of bone, levers: rigid rods where muscles attach, processes: projections protruding from the bone where tendons and ligaments can attach, vertebral discs: fibrous cartilage structures between vertebrae that act as shock absorbers and assist with movement, neutral spine: represents a position in which the vertebrae and associated structures are under the least amount of load, vertebral: _ column; bones that house the spinal cord; consists of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral regions, osteoporosis: a condition of reduced bone mineral density, which increases risk of bone fracture, axial: _ is a division of the skeletal system consisting of the skull, the rib cage, and the vertebral column, osteoblasts: special cells that form and lay down new bone tissue, appendicular: a division of the skeletal system consisting of the arms, legs, and pelvic girdle, joints: the sites where two bones meet and movement occurs as a result of muscle contraction, remodeling: the process by which bone is constantly renewed by the resorption and formation of the bone structure, osteoclasts: special cells that break down and remove old bone tissue.