Skeletal System Crossword

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