Muscles of the Body
Across
- 3. Forming the rounded contour of the shoulder.
- 4. Lies in the groove to the side of the vertebral column.
- 6. A very powerful superficial muscle that is in the back part of the lower leg.
- 8. A group of tendons contracted by three posterior thigh muscles.
- 9. One of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles.
- 10. Each arises from the ridge on the inner surface of a rib.
- 15. Responsible for extension of the elbow joint.
- 17. It is the extensor muscle of the knee.
- 19. Situated on the lateral and anterior parts of the abdomen.
- 21. Involved in standing and walking.
Down
- 1. It makes up a large portion of the shape and appearance of the buttocks.
- 2. A two-headed muscle that lies on the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow.
- 5. Thick, fan-shaped muscle, situated at the chest.
- 7. They extend from the tubercles of the ribs behind, to the cartilages of the ribs in front.
- 11. A muscle layer of the anterior and lateral (front and side) abdominal wall.
- 12. Are responsible for the retraction of the scapula.
- 13. Originates in the upper two-thirds of the lateral surface of the tibia.
- 14. Broadest muscle of the back.
- 16. A paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the abdomen.
- 18. Its fibers run perpendicular to the external oblique muscle.
- 20. Extends longitudinally from the occipital bone to the lower thoracic vertebrae.