All About Skeletons Crossword Puzzle 2

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Across
  1. 3. Your spine holds your body ______________ when you sit, stand, or walk.
  2. 5. important parts of the body like the stomach, lungs, heart, and brain
  3. 7. These are feelings detected by our nerves and sent to the brain.
  4. 11. the basic shape of something; The skeleton is a ______________ made of bones inside the skin.
  5. 12. a skeleton on the INSIDE of the body
  6. 13. The skeleton ____________ the soft parts inside the body.
  7. 17. The ____________ ________________, which is contained in the spine, contains nerves.
  8. 18. to grow or get bigger; Some exoskeletons cannot _____________ as an animal grows so it must shed its old exoskeleton and grow a new, larger one.
  9. 19. The spine is also called the ___________________, but it not just one bone.
Down
  1. 1. The ribs are like a ___________ that guards the heart and lungs.
  2. 2. The skeleton _____________ the body’s weight and gives it shape.
  3. 4. The spine is made up of many small bones called the ____________________.
  4. 6. luckily; happily; ________ tomorrow is Saturday. No School!
  5. 8. The _______________ in the spinal cord carry information such as sensations to the brain.
  6. 9. a skeleton on the OUTSIDE of the body
  7. 10. The bones that make up the _______________ are some of the most important bones of the skeleton because they protect the brain.
  8. 14. The ____________ of the skeleton protect some of the body’s most important organs.
  9. 15. Because each vertebra can move, the spine is _________________________.
  10. 16. The ________________ is the only bone in your skull that moves. It allows you to open your mouth and chew food.
  11. 17. These ribs are connected to the ___________________.