BODY TISSUES CROSSWORD Down
1. primary connective tissue of fetal skeleton
2. ductless glands
3. group of cells similar in structure and function
5. replacement of destroyed tissue by same type of tissue
6. junction of cardiac muscle cells (2 words)
7. forms subcutaneous tissue beneath skin; composed of signet ring cells
8. lining, covering, and glandular tissue of body
9. lacking blood supply
10. formation of scar tissue following tissue damage
11. having the potential to differentiate into any cell type
12. abnormal mass of proliferating cells
16. unstriated involuntary muscle tissue
19. striated tissue with cylindrical, multinucleated cells that move your
eyeball as you read this clue
22. pits where osteocytes sit in bone tissue
Across
4. highly modified stratified squamous tissue of urinary system
9. surface exposed to body's exterior or to cavity of internal organ
13. cells lacking ability to divide
14. fiber-forming cells
15. embryonic stage consisting of hollow ball of cells with inner cell mass
17. attach skeletal muscles to bone
18. a.k.a. osseous tissue
20. forms cushion-like disks between spinal vertebrae
21. nonliving substance outside cells in connective tissue (2 words)
23. bulbous mucus-producing cells (2 words)
24. white fibers composing bone with high tensile strength
25. shape of cells of kindney tubules
26. receive and conduct electrochemical impulses
27. located at basal surface of epithelium (2 words)
ANSWER KEY Down
1. primary connective tissue of fetal skeleton
2. ductless glands
3. group of cells similar in structure and function
5. replacement of destroyed tissue by same type of tissue
6. junction of cardiac muscle cells (2 words)
7. forms subcutaneous tissue beneath skin; composed of signet ring cells
8. lining, covering, and glandular tissue of body
9. lacking blood supply
10. formation of scar tissue following tissue damage
11. having the potential to differentiate into any cell type
12. abnormal mass of proliferating cells
16. unstriated involuntary muscle tissue
19. striated tissue with cylindrical, multinucleated cells that move your
eyeball as you read this clue
22. pits where osteocytes sit in bone tissue
Across
4. highly modified stratified squamous tissue of urinary system
9. surface exposed to body's exterior or to cavity of internal organ
13. cells lacking ability to divide
14. fiber-forming cells
15. embryonic stage consisting of hollow ball of cells with inner cell mass
17. attach skeletal muscles to bone
18. a.k.a. osseous tissue
20. forms cushion-like disks between spinal vertebrae
21. nonliving substance outside cells in connective tissue (2 words)
23. bulbous mucus-producing cells (2 words)
24. white fibers composing bone with high tensile strength
25. shape of cells of kindney tubules
26. receive and conduct electrochemical impulses
27. located at basal surface of epithelium (2 words)