Skeletal and Muscular System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. closer to the trunk of the body
  2. 4. Freely moveable joints
  3. 9. directional term for the front of the body
  4. 10. These joints have limited ability to move.
  5. 13. plane that splits the body into a upper and lower half
  6. 14. the joint in-between your metacarpals and phalanges
  7. 17. the thumb is this kind of synovial joint
  8. 18. the shoulder and hip are this type of synovial joint
  9. 21. Muscles that function without your control
  10. 23. plane that cuts the body into an equal right and left side of the body
  11. 24. closer to the midline of the body
  12. 26. further away from the midline of the body
  13. 29. muscle to bone connections that allow for movement
Down
  1. 1. As the muscle relaxes, the muscle will go to its normal position
  2. 3. directional term for the back of the body
  3. 5. plane that splits the body into anterior and posterior halves of the body
  4. 6. a muscle contracts it moves the secondary bone allowing the joint to bend
  5. 7. These joints are immobile, or can not move
  6. 8. muscles that are only found in the heart
  7. 11. these are muscles that you can not control and function on their own. Mainly functioning of the internal organs
  8. 12. Muscles that you can control
  9. 15. further away from the trunk of the body
  10. 16. the axis and atlas bone in the cervical spine make up this synovial joint
  11. 19. Muscles that you can see on a person and they enable us to move while being in our control.
  12. 20. bone to bone connections that stabilize a joint
  13. 22. the portion of the skeleton that contain the skull, rib cage, and spine
  14. 25. your wrist is an example of this type of synovial joint
  15. 27. the portion of the skeletal system that is made up of the arms, legs, and hips
  16. 28. the elbow and knee are examples of this type of synovial joint