Lesson 2 - Bones, Muscles and Skin

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (4)
  2. 5. The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates (5)
  3. 6. Any skeletal muscle having three origins (7)
  4. 9. Composition for a solo instrument and not a regular part of a religious service or musical (9)
  5. 10. Young of domestic cattle (4)
  6. 13. Controlled by the autonomic nervous system (11)
  7. 14. Physical activity that keeps you fit (8)
  8. 15. Any skeletal muscle having two origins (6)
  9. 16. A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard (6)

Down

  1. 1. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum (plural) (4)
  2. 2. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a ___ (8)
  3. 3. The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (5)
  4. 7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light (7)
  5. 8. A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg (10)
  6. 11. The arrangement of the body and its limbs (7)
  7. 12. Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent (7)