Health

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A sharp bend in a road or river (5)
  2. 4. Any of the terminal members of the hand (plural) (7)
  3. 7. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard (4)
  4. 8. A division of some larger or more complex organization (3)
  5. 9. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  6. 12. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee (5)
  7. 14. The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other (5)
  8. 16. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body (4)

Down

  1. 1. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart (4)
  2. 3. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips (5)
  3. 5. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  4. 6. The extremity of the superior limb (4)
  5. 10. The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest (6)
  6. 11. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front (4)
  7. 13. Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh (3)
  8. 15. The bottom of a shoe or boot (4)