EXTRA-CREDIT: Mid-Term Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (4)
  2. 4. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (6)
  3. 8. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  4. 10. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles (8)
  5. 12. A small round body of protein in a cell ___ (9)
  6. 14. How plants make food from sunlight (14)
  7. 15. One of the contractile organs of the body (6)

Down

  1. 1. The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (5)
  2. 3. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  3. 5. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (plural) (6)
  4. 6. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (11)
  5. 7. Tough elastic tissue (9)
  6. 9. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer (6)
  7. 11. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (6)
  8. 13. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell (8)
  9. 14. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food (5)