Muscles, joints and direction
Across
- 1. joint found in the thumb
- 3. Away from the point of origin
- 6. Refers to movement where the angle between two bones decreases.
- 9. Away from the head or referring to the lower part of a structure
- 10. type of joint found in the forearms
- 11. Refers to the raising of the scapula to a more superior level.
- 12. a combination of flexion, extension, adduction and abduction.
- 13. Prime muscle mover
- 15. dividing the body into left and right portions.
- 16. muscles of the upper arm
- 17. Nearer to the surface of the body
- 18. muscles of the shoulder
- 20. posterior muscle group
- 22. where muscles begin
- 23. movement of a body segment toward the midline of the body.
- 24. muscle contracts but no change in length
- 25. joint found in your knees
Down
- 2. moving the top of the foot toward the shin or ‘raising’ the toes.
- 4. the movement of the foot to bring the sole of the foot to face inward.
- 5. Refers to movement where the angle between two bones increases.
- 6. dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.
- 7. has 3 muscular heads
- 8. muscles generate this
- 12. specialised muscle that is involuntary
- 14. muscle inferior to the gastrocnemius
- 19. muscle shortens as it contracts
- 21. backward movement of the scapula as they pull together to ‘square’ the shoulders and push the chest out.