Muscles, joints and direction

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Across
  1. 1. joint found in the thumb
  2. 3. Away from the point of origin
  3. 6. Refers to movement where the angle between two bones decreases.
  4. 9. Away from the head or referring to the lower part of a structure
  5. 10. type of joint found in the forearms
  6. 11. Refers to the raising of the scapula to a more superior level.
  7. 12. a combination of flexion, extension, adduction and abduction.
  8. 13. Prime muscle mover
  9. 15. dividing the body into left and right portions.
  10. 16. muscles of the upper arm
  11. 17. Nearer to the surface of the body
  12. 18. muscles of the shoulder
  13. 20. posterior muscle group
  14. 22. where muscles begin
  15. 23. movement of a body segment toward the midline of the body.
  16. 24. muscle contracts but no change in length
  17. 25. joint found in your knees
Down
  1. 2. moving the top of the foot toward the shin or ‘raising’ the toes.
  2. 4. the movement of the foot to bring the sole of the foot to face inward.
  3. 5. Refers to movement where the angle between two bones increases.
  4. 6. dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.
  5. 7. has 3 muscular heads
  6. 8. muscles generate this
  7. 12. specialised muscle that is involuntary
  8. 14. muscle inferior to the gastrocnemius
  9. 19. muscle shortens as it contracts
  10. 21. backward movement of the scapula as they pull together to ‘square’ the shoulders and push the chest out.