Skeletal System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Play with a partner. Guess a letter: if it is in the word, write it in the blanks; if not, draw the next part of the hangman.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1.

Hint: Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural)

2.

Hint: Breaking of hard tissue such as bone

3.

Hint: The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton

4.

Hint: The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

5.

Hint: Abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium

6.

Hint: The actors in a play (plural)

7.

Hint: A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

8.

Hint: Property consisting of houses and land

9.

Hint: The activity of ___ someone or something

10.

Hint: A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles

11.

Hint: A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light

12.

Hint: The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

13.

Hint: Tough elastic tissue

14.

Hint: Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum (plural)