Across
- 3. the organ of hearing and balance in higher vertebrates and of balance only in fishes. In man and other mammals it consists of three parts.
- 4. either of the upper limbs from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 7. any instrument, such as a harmonium, in which sound is produced in this way.
- 11. the front part of the trunk from the neck to the belly.
- 12. the part of an organism connecting the head with the rest of the body.
- 13. the front of the head from the forehead to the lower jaw; visage.
- 14. a flexible container with an opening at one end.
- 15. either of the two lower limbs, including the bones and fleshy covering of the femur, tibia, fibula, and patella.
- 16. the region of the body of a vertebrate that contains the viscera other than the heart and lungs. In mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
- 18. any of various bonelike structures set in the jaws of most vertebrates and modified, according to the species, for biting, tearing, or chewing.
Down
- 1. the part of the bows of a ship that are furthest forward at the level of the main deck.
- 2. any of the threadlike pigmented structures that grow from follicles beneath the skin of mammals and consist of layers of dead keratinized cells.
- 4. the joint connecting the leg and the foot.
- 5. the system of organs surrounding this opening, including the lips, tongue, teeth, etc.
- 6. the posterior part of the human body, extending from the neck to the pelvis.
- 8. the essential framework of any structure, such as a building or leaf, that supports or determines the shape of the rest of the structure.
- 9. the joint of the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
- 10. the prehensile part of the body at the end of the arm, consisting of a thumb, four fingers, and a palm.
- 15. either one of a pair of spongy saclike respiratory organs within the thorax of higher vertebrates, which oxygenate the blood and remove its carbon dioxide.
- 17. the lowest, deepest, or farthest removed part of a thing.