My Body

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Support resembling the rib of an animal (plural) (4)
  2. 6. Any of the terminal members of the hand (plural) (7)
  3. 8. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front (4)
  4. 9. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  5. 11. Organ that pumps blood around the body (5)
  6. 12. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  7. 13. That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions (4)
  8. 15. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers (5)

Down

  1. 1. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (plural) (7)
  2. 2. A division of some larger or more complex organization (3)
  3. 4. A sharp rigid animal process or appendage (5)
  4. 5. One of the digits of the foot (plural) (4)
  5. 7. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  6. 10. The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other (5)
  7. 12. One of the supports for a piece of furniture (3)
  8. 14. A sharp bend in a road or river (5)