Directional Terms & Skeletal System

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Across
  1. 4. The _______ plane divides the body into equal right and left parts (also known as the midsagittal plane).
  2. 8. The __________ plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral parts.
  3. 9. A socket portion of the ball & socket joint.
  4. 11. _____________ refers to the movement of a limb towards the midline.
  5. 13. A hole in a bone.
  6. 16. The main weight-bearing bone of the “lower arm.”
  7. 18. The _________ plane divides the body into cranial and caudal parts.
  8. 19. A concave area on a bone.
  9. 20. Bones that are longer than they are wide.
  10. 23. Towards the nose
  11. 26. The first cervical vertebrae.
  12. 27. Towards the bottom surface of the body
  13. 30. Towards the head
  14. 31. The name for a joint that allows only a slight rocking movement.
  15. 33. Scroll-like bones found in the nasal cavity.
  16. 34. The “hand” bones.
  17. 37. The _______ cartilage joins the ribs to the sternum.
  18. 38. Towards the top surface of the animal
Down
  1. 1. Towards the medium plane
  2. 2. Back surface of the front limbs, distal to the carpus
  3. 3. The small long bone of the “lower leg.”
  4. 5. Bones with a thin, plate-like composition.
  5. 6. Vertebrae of the lower abdominal region.
  6. 7. This forms the point of the elbow.
  7. 10. The ____ joint is found between the humerus & radius & ulna.
  8. 12. Towards the tail
  9. 14. The 2nd cervical vertebra is also called the ______.
  10. 15. _______ means on the caudal surface of the hindlimb distal to the tarsus.
  11. 17. Away from the body (on a limb)
  12. 18. What attaches skeletal muscles to bones?
  13. 19. The name for a joint that does not allow any movement.
  14. 21. The largest sesamoid bone in the body.
  15. 22. Bones of the digit.
  16. 24. The name for a joint that allows free movement.
  17. 25. The equivalent of our “heel” bone, the large process that forms the point of the hock.
  18. 28. Joint equivalent to the human wrist.
  19. 29. Dense bone that covers the outside of all bones.
  20. 32. The _______ plane divides the body into right and left parts.
  21. 35. Towards the body (on a limb)
  22. 36. Away from the median plane