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Use the pronunciation hint of each word to find the word spelled corrected in the word search.

splihnt	osteoblast	periosteum	spiin
hinge joint	tarsals	lihguhmuhnts	tihbeeuh
awsteeopurohsihs	cervical vertebrae	kaluhs	tEHnduhnz
osteoclast	skapyuhluh	hard palate	cranium
koluhguhn	skEHluhtuhn	bakbohn	kortuhluhj
awrguhn	frakchur	soochurz	manduhbuhl
sacrum	feemur	mihnuruhl	sternum
atruhfee	hyoomuruhs	pEHlvuhs	EHksray

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Skeletal System
Fill all the correctly spelled words into this puzzle.

MANDIBLE	MENDUHBUHL	BONEMARROW	BONEMERROW
OSTEOPOROSIS	OSTEOPAROSIS	OSTEOBLAST	OSTOEBLAST
SPONGYBONE	SPONNGYBONE	PERIOSTEUM	PERIOSTUEM
TENDONS	TEDONS	PELVIS	PILVIS
CRANIUM	CRANUIM	CALLUS	KELUHS
SACRU	HUMIRUS	HYOOMURUH	BIKBOHN
BAKBOOHN	MINERALL	MIHURUHL	TIBAI
TIBAE

 

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Skeletal System

1.   Write a sentence using the word sutures.

2.   Write a sentence using the word collagen.

3.   Write a sentence using the word tendons.

4.   Write a paragraph or short story using the words shoulder girdle, thoracic vertebrae, costal cartilage, metacarpals, and scapula.

 

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Fill in the missing letters.
Use the following list of letters:
   a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    b,    b,    b,    b,    d,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    f,    f,    g,    h,    i,    i,    i,    i,    i,    j,    l,    l,    l,    l,    l,    m,    m,    m,    m,    n,    n,    n,    n,    n,    n,    n,    n,    n,    n,    o,    o,    o,    o,    p,    p,    p,    p,    r,    r,    r,    r,    s,    s,    s,    t,    t,    u,    x

1.   hard  ____  ____ late	2.    ____ tr ____ phy	3.   cervical verte ____ r ____ e
4.   sac ____ u ____	5.    ____ pin ____	6.   fr ____ ct ____ re
7.   ster ____ u ____	8.   ossi ____ icat ____ on	9.    ____ e ____ ur
10.   ca ____  ____ us	11.   cart ____ lag ____	12.   font ____ ne ____ s
13.   ball-an ____ -socket  ____ oint	14.   compact b ____  ____ e	15.   sk ____  ____ eton
16.   mi ____ e ____ al	17.    ____ u ____ erus	18.    ____  ____ lint
19.   axial sk ____ l ____ ton	20.   p ____ lvi ____	21.   osteo ____ oros ____ s
22.   o ____ ga ____	23.    ____ -r ____ y	24.   ti ____ i ____
25.    ____ ars ____ ls	26.   s ____ ongy bo ____ e	27.    ____ steoblas ____
28.   f ____ oating r ____ bs	29.    ____ ackbo ____ e	30.   cr ____  ____ ium
31.   l ____ game ____ ts	32.   mandi ____ l ____	33.   hin ____ e joi ____ t
34.   t ____  ____ dons	35.   sh ____ ulde ____  girdle

 

Answer Key

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1. ap (hard palate)
2. oa (atrophy)
3. ba (cervical vertebrae)
4. mr (sacrum)
5. es (spine)
6. ua (fracture)
7. nm (sternum)
8. if (ossification)
9. fm (femur)
10. ll (callus)
11. ei (cartilage)
12. la (fontanels)
13. jd (ball-and-socket joint)
14. no (compact bone)
15. le (skeleton)
16. rn (mineral)
17. mh (humerus)
18. sp (splint)
19. ee (axial skeleton)
20. es (pelvis)
21. ip (osteoporosis)
22. nr (organ)
23. xa (x-ray)
24. ba (tibia)
25. at (tarsals)
26. pn (spongy bone)
27. ot (osteoblast)
28. li (floating ribs)
29. bn (backbone)
30. an (cranium)
31. in (ligaments)
32. eb (mandible)
33. gn (hinge joint)
34. ne (tendons)
35. or (shoulder girdle)

 

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