The Human Skeleton Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The ribs are like a ___________ that guards the heart and lungs.
  2. 4. The skeleton _____________ the body’s weight and gives it shape.
  3. 6. The ________________ is the only bone in your skull that moves. It allows you to open your mouth and chew food.
  4. 8. a skeleton on the INSIDE of the body
  5. 9. a skeleton on the OUTSIDE of the body
  6. 12. The skeleton ____________ the soft parts inside the body.
Down
  1. 1. important parts of the body like the stomach, lungs, heart, and brain
  2. 3. the basic shape of something; The skeleton is a ______________ made of bones inside the skin.
  3. 5. luckily; happily; ________ tomorrow is Saturday. No School!
  4. 7. The bones that make up the _______________ are some of the most important bones of the skeleton because they protect the brain.
  5. 9. to grow or get bigger; Some exoskeletons cannot _____________ as an animal grows so it must shed its old exoskeleton and grow a new, larger one.
  6. 10. These ribs are connected to the ___________________.
  7. 11. The ____________ of the skeleton protect some of the body’s most important organs.