Lesson 2 - Your Muscles and Bones

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Having a robust ___ body-build characterized by predominance of structures developed from (8)
  2. 7. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)
  3. 9. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (4)
  4. 10. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a ___ (8)
  5. 11. The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (5)
  6. 12. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (5)

Down

  1. 1. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light (7)
  2. 2. The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton (5)
  3. 3. The arrangement of the body and its limbs (7)
  4. 4. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (6)
  5. 5. An organic process that takes place in the body (8)
  6. 6. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum (3)
  7. 8. The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates (5)
  8. 10. Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent (7)