Skeletal Systems -- 34 Puzzle Box

Created by Vicki A Benge (An original Kentucky Crosswords puzzle.)

Instructions: Write the clue number given below in the correct corresponding box at left. When completed, the numbers in each row across and each column down will add up to 34 if all the answers are correct.

• 1. The type of skeleton found in earthworms.
• 2. They are attached to bones, which permits the animal to move.
• 3. Bones cells that lay down new matrix on surfaces of bones.
• 4. Bones store this essential element for the body.
• 5. Prevalent in the human embryo, the majority calcifies into bone.
• 6. Bone is this type of body tissue.
• 7. Vertebrates have this type of skeleton.
• 8. It provides a protective covering for the human brain.
• 9. They hold bones together at the joints.
• 10. An anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear, between the malleus and stapes.
• 11. This skeletal division in humans consists of the bones of the vertebral column and skull.
• 12. It protect the lungs, among other vital organs.
• 13. The longest bone in the typical human body.
• 14. This bone is commonly called the shinbone.
• 15. This term refers to parts of the anatomy associated with limbs.
• 16. The type of skeleton found in arthropods.

Need help? See Skeletal Systems, page 1 and page 2; and List of Bones in the Human Skeleton.

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