Skeletal and muscular system
Across
- 5. Tough, fibrous tissue connecting bone to bone.
- 8. Smaller outer bone of the lower leg.
- 10. Muscle pain.
- 11. Muscle on the front of the upper arm (bending elbow).
- 13. Smaller forearm bone on the thumb side.
- 14. Wasting away of muscle tissue.
- 17. Muscles working together for specific functions.
- 18. Larger forearm bone on the pinky side.
- 19. Tissues that contract to produce movement, maintain posture, and generate heat.
- 22. Chest muscle (shoulder flexion and adduction).
- 25. Four muscles on the front of the thigh (extending knee).
- 27. Bones in the fingers and toes.
- 28. Eight bones in the wrist.
- 29. Muscle of the shoulder (shoulder abduction).
Down
- 1. Five bones in the foot, connecting ankle to toes.
- 2. Three muscles on the back of the thigh (flexing knee).
- 3. The 33 bones that make up the spinal column.
- 4. Sheet of connective tissue surrounding muscles and organs.
- 6. Seven bones in the ankle.
- 7. Larger shinbone of the two lower leg bones.
- 8. Thighbone, the longest and strongest bone.
- 9. Triangular bone at the base of the spine, formed by fused vertebrae.
- 12. Muscles in the lower leg (pointing toes down).
- 15. Tough, fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone.
- 16. Upper arm bone, connecting shoulder to elbow.
- 20. Large muscle on the buttock (hip extension).
- 21. Five bones in the hand, connecting wrist to fingers.
- 23. Tailbone, a small bone at the lower end of the sacrum.
- 24. Muscle on the back of the upper arm (extending elbow).
- 26. Connects the sternum to the scapula (shoulder blade).