Description

The framework of the body and other connective tissues, which protects and supports the body tissues and internal organs.
The hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals
A firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle.
The place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
A band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bone, hold fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold bone in place.
A soft, fatty, vascular tissue, in the interior cavities of bones, hold organs in place.
All the muscles of the body collectively, especially the voluntary skeletal muscles.
A muscle that is either connected at either or both extremities with a bone and cionsistes of elongated multinucle, transversely striated, skeletal muscle fibers, together with a connective tissue, blood vessels, and nerves.
Involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of non-striated, spindle shaped cells.
A specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
A cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone part.
The system of organs and tissues, including the heart, blood, blood vessels,lymph, lymphatic vessels, and lymph glands, involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.
One of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organ.
One of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginning of the brain.
Either of the lower two on each side of the heart that receive blood from the atria and in turn force into the arteries.
One of the system of the branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from carious parts if the body to the heart.
A hollow muscle that has four chambers and pumps blood throughout your body.
Either of the two upper chambers on each side of the heart that receive blood from the veins and in turn force it into the ventricles.
The watery part of the blood.
A blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
Nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood.
Something that excites an organism or part to functional activity.
The system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
The part of the nervous system comprising the brain and spinal cord.
The portion of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord
A specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
The part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
The cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

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