Name:____________________________________ Date:___________

Crossword Puzzle A
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1. Relating to the part of the stomach nearest
the esophagus
3. The flap of tissue that seals your windpipe
4. The type of muscle that we can control
6. Connective tissue found in many areas of
the body between bones
10. Relating to or functioning as a skeleton
11. The type of muscle that we don't control
13. Occurring in the gut and other internal
organs and not under voluntary control
18. Tissue that connects, supports, binds, or
separates other tissues or organs.
19. External framework of bone, cartilage, or
rigid material supporting the body of an
animal or plant
20. The location at which bones connect
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2. Fibrous connective tissue that connects
two bones or cartilages or holds together a
joint
5. The part of the brain that controls the body
balance and movement
7. The brain is referred to this
8. The ball shaped surface of one rounded
bone fits into the cup like depression of
another bone
9. Fibrous tissue that has the ability to
contract producing movement in or
maintaining the position of parts of the body
12. Type of synovial joint
14. Inner of the two bones between the knee
and the ankle, parallel with the fibula
15. Flexible but inelastic cord of strong
fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to bone
16. Can be found where the humerus meets
the ulna
17. The bone of the upper arm or forelimb
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Crossword Puzzle B
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3. The Musculoskeletal System provides the
________________ for the body.
5. These muscles work automatically and
cannot be consciously controlled.
12. We consider the bones in the wrists,
fingers, ankles and toes to be called
__________ bones.
13. Vertebrae in the spinal cord are called
_______________ bones
14. The skull, pelvic bone, ribs, and
shoulders are ___________bones. They
protect our organs.
16. Skeletal muscles are ____________ that
is, they look striped or streaked.
17. Musculoskeletal System enables the
body to ____________.
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1. The heart is a ___________ muscle
2. Muscles can only do two things,
___________ and relax.
4. The type of bone that bear the weight of
the body are called ___________ bones.
6. Good posture is one of many ways to
__________________ maintain and strong
Musculoskeletal System.
7. The human body has 206 ________.
8. Connective tissue that cushions the joint
is called, __________________?
9. It helps give our body its unique
___________.
10. The point in which two or more bones
meet, is called?
11. There are over 500 ___________ in the
human body.
15. Muscle is connected to bone with white
fiber looking tissue, that we call
______________.