Skeletal System Crossword
Across
- 3. a bending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint
- 7. plane that divides the body into left and right sections
- 8. plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections
- 9. joint in which a ball moves within a socket so as to allow rotary motion in every direction within certain limits
- 10. plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections
- 12. joints that permit rotatory movement of bones, around a single axis
- 14. rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward
- 17. the decreased angle between the dorsal side of the body part and the bone or bones that are proximal to the body
- 18. a rotational movement of the forearm that results in the palm facing posteriorly
- 19. type of joint that allows movements on two planes–flexion or extension and abduction or adduction
Down
- 1. the stretching of a fractured or dislocated limb so as to restore it to its natural position
- 2. that limits the range of motion and exists where the bones have flat or slightly curved articulating surfaces
- 3. ___________ movement
- 4. rotation toward from the center of the body
- 5. joint that consists of an oval, convex-shaped condyle of one bone articulating with an elliptical, concave cavity of another bone
- 6. rotation away from the center of the body
- 11. provides _______
- 13. another word for coronal plane
- 15. type of joint where it allows motion primarily in one plane
- 16. produces _____ cells