Across
- 1. Joints that allow a wide range of movements. Examples include your shoulder and hip joints.
- 3. Joints where bones are connected by cartilage, allowing for slight movement. Example: joints between ribs and the breastbone.
- 4. The hard, strong parts inside your body that make up your skeleton.
- 10. Joints that don't move, providing stability. Examples include the joints in your skull.
- 12. Muscles that attach to your bones and help you move.
- 15. long, straight part of a bone.
- 17. The act of moving from one place to another.
- 18. Joints that work like a door hinge, allowing back-and-forth movement, like your knee and elbow joints.
- 19. Joints that have limited movement, like those between the vertebrae in your spine.
- 21. The backbone or spine made up of individual bones called vertebrae.
- 22. Tough cords that connect muscles to bones, allowing muscles to move your bones.
Down
- 2. Smooth cartilage covering the ends of bones at joints, reducing friction and allowing smooth movement.
- 5. A muscle that straightens a joint, making it longer.
- 6. Dense and hard outer layer of bone, providing strength and protection.
- 7. Joints that allow circular movements and rotations, like your shoulder and hip joints.
- 8. A muscle that bends a joint, making it smaller.
- 9. Softer, flexible tissue that cushions and supports your bones, especially at joints.
- 11. Less dense bone tissue with a spongy appearance, found at the ends of long bones.
- 13. The central hollow part of long bones, containing bone marrow.
- 14. The bones in your limbs (arms and legs) and the structures that connect them to the axial skeleton.
- 15. Fluid that lubricates and nourishes the joints, helping them move smoothly.
- 16. The central part of your skeleton, including your skull, spine, and ribcage.
- 20. Strong bands of tissue that connect bones to each other, stabilizing joints.