Human Movement and Coordination

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Across
  1. 2. Coordination The ability to use your vision and hands to coordinate movements
  2. 6. Cord The basic unit of the nervous system
  3. 9. Contraction Muscle contraction without movement
  4. 12. The ability to use different parts of the body together
  5. 13. Painful swelling of the tendons caused by overuse
  6. 14. The biggest portion of the brain
  7. 16. Muscles weaken due to injury or not being used
  8. 17. The basic nerve cell in the brain
  9. 21. Sudden and uncontrolled nerve impulses occur during this
  10. 23. Coordination The ability to use both right and left sides of the body together
  11. 25. Movement that increases in the angle of a joint (extending)
  12. 26. A pulled muscle, usually from overworking
  13. 27. A tough supportive tissue that softer and more flexible than bones
  14. 30. A curvature of the spine
  15. 31. System Sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell
  16. 32. When a severe bump to the head causes the brain to hit the skull
  17. 33. An automatic response of the nervous system
  18. 34. Where 2 or more bones come together
  19. 35. The loss of ability to move due to spinal cord injury
  20. 36. Strong bands that hold bones together
  21. 37. The movement of a body part away from the midline
  22. 38. An overstretched or torn ligament
  23. 39. An important area of the brain that coordinates movement
Down
  1. 1. The movement of the body part toward the midline
  2. 3. When the ends of the bones are forced out of their normal position
  3. 4. A broken bone
  4. 5. Contraction Muscle contraction with movement
  5. 7. The circular movement of a joint
  6. 8. Body Coordination The ability to use entire body parts to coordinate movements
  7. 10. A condition where bones become brittle and break easily
  8. 11. Tone Individual muscle fibers are contracting even when not being used
  9. 15. Learning The process of acquiring motor skills through practice
  10. 18. Stem The portion of the brain that controls involuntary functions
  11. 19. Muscle Muscles that a person controls to create movement
  12. 20. Attaches muscle to a bone
  13. 22. A condition in which people have seizures
  14. 24. Muscle Pairs Two sets of muscles that work in opposite of each other
  15. 28. Movement that decreases in the angle of a joint (bending)
  16. 29. System The body’s own sense of its own position and movement