Skeletal System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus (5)
  2. 3. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs (6)
  3. 5. The actors in a play (plural) (5)
  4. 7. The activity of ___ someone or something (10)
  5. 9. The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton (5)
  6. 11. Property consisting of houses and land (9)
  7. 15. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (6)
  8. 16. The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver (5)

Down

  1. 2. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint (7)
  2. 4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light (7)
  3. 6. A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other (5)
  4. 8. Tough elastic tissue (9)
  5. 10. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  6. 12. The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones (6)
  7. 13. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of (5)
  8. 14. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum (plural) (4)