Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous Systems

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 3. strong, flexible connective tissue that acts as a cushion between two bones, reducing friction
  2. 4. connect bones to enable them to move
  3. 10. _____ muscles are attached to bone and cause body movements
  4. 13. largest and most complex part of the brain
  5. 15. three-inch-long stalk of nerve cells and fibers connecting the spinal cord to the brain
  6. 16. process by which bone is formed, renewed, and repaired
  7. 17. muscle that closes a joint
  8. 18. a break in a bone
Down
  1. 1. nervous system disorder categorized by frequent seizures
  2. 2. cerebral ____ is a group of neurological disorders resulting from damage to the brain
  3. 5. when a bone slips out of place
  4. 6. inflammation of a tendon
  5. 7. muscle that opens a joint
  6. 8. second largest part of the brain
  7. 9. nerve cells
  8. 11. band of fibrous, slightly elastic connective tissue that attaches one bone to another
  9. 12. ____ muscles act on the lining of the body's passageways and hollow internal organs
  10. 14. _____ muscle is a striated muscle that forms the wall of the heart