Muscular System
Across
- 3. system that gives your body parts the power to move
- 5. If one muscle contracts, the opposite muscle ______
- 8. most of the ______ produced in your body comes from muscle contraction
- 10. lifestyle with little movement; very unhealthy
- 12. hardest working muscle in the body
- 13. muscles that moves the body
- 15. type of fracture where the bone is shattered in many pieces
- 17. the decrease in size and wasting of muscle tissue
- 18. the point at which two bones meet
- 20. soft tissue in the center of some bones
Down
- 1. strong flexible gel-like tissue that cushions your joints
- 2. muscles that moves air, food, urine through body
- 4. bones that make up the spinal column
- 6. body system made up of bones, joints, and connective tissue
- 7. special cells that muscles are made up of
- 9. keeping your muscles _______ will help you to be able to walk, run, jump, lift things, play sports, and do all the other things you love to do
- 11. connects muscle to bone
- 14. connects bone to bone
- 16. disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that cause slow repetitive movements or abnormal postures
- 19. muscles found in your heart