Skeletal System Vocabulary
Across
- 4. Not under control
- 6. Repair ot fix
- 8. Pertaining to the central structures of the body
- 11. Fragile, easy to break
- 12. Parts or elements of a whole; an ingredient
- 13. Immobilized; does not move around very much
- 15. Under the control of the person
- 16. Easily stretched
- 17. To shorten, to draw together; muscles shorten when you flex a body part
Down
- 1. A protein in muscles that helps them contract
- 2. To harden by forming calcium desposits
- 3. Continuous one-way movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels to all parts of the body
- 5. A center point that can be rotated around
- 7. A protein present in all cells and in muscle tissue; plays a role in contraction
- 9. Filled with tiny bones
- 10. Pertaining to any body part added to the axis
- 12. Tough connective tissue; forms pads at end of bones, is found in the nasal septum and external ear, and forms the major portion of the embryonic skeleton
- 14. A tightening or narrowing of a muscle, organ, or other body part