Human Skeleton Crossword Puzzle

About the Human Skeleton Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the bones and structures of the human skeleton, from the skull and sternum to the femur and vertebrae. It also includes terms such as cartilage, marrow, and osteoblast. Students studying anatomy, science teachers, and anyone curious about how the body is built can look for familiar skeletal parts and related vocabulary.

This crossword draws on 43 clues about Human Skeleton. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Measure of mineral content per volume (11 letters)
• •Hard, tightly packed outer skeletal tissue (11 letters)
• •Cartilaginous region where long bones lengthen (11 letters)
• •Tough band connecting one bone to another (8 letters)
• •Palm bones between wrist and fingers (11 letters)
• •Mature cell embedded in skeletal tissue (9 letters)
• •Forearm bone on the thumb side (6 letters)
• •Stack of protective segments running down the back (5 letters)

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