Tissues Vocabulary Crossword

connects muscle to bone
connects bone to bone
a protein that forms the principal substance of yellow elastic tissue fibers
a type of bone cell present in mature bone tissues
The cartilaginous matrix is produced and maintained by:
the chief structural unit of compact bone
contains small blood vessels responsible for the blood supply to osteocytes
The principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone, and connective tissue.
only in epithelial tissue, seals the intercellular space, preventing free paracellular passage of substances
make passages which allow passing molecules between cells
forms outer parts of the body such as skin, hair, eyes, mammary glands and the spinal cord
creates major organs such as the liver, pancreas, lungs and thyroid
grows into skeletal muscles, bones, connective tissues and the heart and forms the kidneys and the dermis of the skin
a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releasing the cell's cytoplasm
producing a fluid secretion by pinching off one end of the secretory cell while leaving the rest intact
transverse bands that separate the adjacent ends in cardiac muscle fibers
most common cells of connective tissues,produces the structural framework for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing
large, specialized cells that recognize, engulf and destroy target cells,formed in response to an infection or accumulating damaged or dead cells