Muscular System

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Across
  1. 1. – Skeletal muscles are arranged as __ pairs
  2. 5. – Muscle that moves a body part toward the midline
  3. 8. – Muscle that straightens a joint
  4. 9. – Means “circular”
  5. 12. – Means “like a trapezoid, a four-sided figure with two sides parallel”
  6. 13. – Muscle with two heads
  7. 14. – Muscles that work automatically.
  8. 18. – Means “small”
  9. 19. – Place where two bones meet.
  10. 22. – Prime mover group for knee flexion
  11. 25. – Means “round or cylindrical”
  12. 27. – Means “like a rhombus with equal and parallel sides”
  13. 28. – Means “straight”
  14. 29. – Muscle changes length and produces movement
  15. 30. – Refers to the arm
  16. 31. – Means “long”
  17. 33. – Muscles move bones by __________ on them; they cannot push
  18. 37. – Muscle that moves a body part away from the midline
  19. 38. – Muscle tissue found in the walls of organs.
  20. 40. – Means “across”
  21. 42. – Muscle that turns the palm downward
  22. 43. – Muscle with three heads
  23. 46. – Muscle tissue attached to bones.
  24. 49. – Muscle lengthens under tension
  25. 51. – Means “triangular”
  26. 52. – Origin on the brachium, insertion on distal radius
  27. 54. – Muscle shortens under tension
  28. 55. – Origin on the sternum and clavicle, insertion on the mastoid process
Down
  1. 2. – Means “back”
  2. 3. – Means “huge”
  3. 4. – Means “toward the medial side”
  4. 6. – Muscle tissue found only in the heart.
  5. 7. – Means “diagonally”
  6. 10. – Muscle produces force but does not change length
  7. 11. – Means “large”
  8. 15. – Muscles we control consciously.
  9. 16. – Muscle that opposes or lengthens during movement
  10. 17. – Means “front”
  11. 20. – Prime mover in a movement
  12. 21. – Refers to the buttock region
  13. 23. – Means “wide or broad”
  14. 24. – Means “short”
  15. 26. – Connects muscle to bone.
  16. 32. – Means “below”
  17. 34. – Muscle that lifts a structure
  18. 35. – Muscle with four heads
  19. 36. – The musculoskeletal system, also called the _____________ system.
  20. 39. – Means “toward the lateral side”
  21. 41. – Flexible tissue that cushions joints.
  22. 44. – Means “under or beneath”
  23. 45. – Muscle that bends a joint
  24. 47. – Refers to the chest region
  25. 48. – Connects bone to bone.
  26. 50. – Muscle that turns the palm upward
  27. 53. – Means “above”