Kids and BestHealth Chiropractic

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (5)
  2. 6. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles (8)
  3. 7. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (6)
  4. 8. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural) (8)
  5. 10. A sharp rigid animal process or appendage (5)
  6. 11. An abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column (9)
  7. 13. An organization of people involved in a pact or treaty (9)
  8. 15. One of the contractile organs of the body (6)

Down

  1. 1. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease (8)
  2. 2. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (4)
  3. 3. Food and nutrients the body needs to grow (9)
  4. 4. The posterior part of a human body from the neck to the end of the spine (4)
  5. 5. The entire physical structure of an organism (4)
  6. 9. In good shape and not sick (7)
  7. 12. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc (6)
  8. 14. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended (5)