Arthritis

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid (4)
  2. 4. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles (8)
  3. 7. Tough elastic tissue (9)
  4. 8. Emotional distress (4)
  5. 10. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc (6)
  6. 13. Abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium (12)
  7. 14. Inflammation of a joint or joints (9)
  8. 15. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (6)
  9. 16. Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated (plural) (8)

Down

  1. 1. A flaw or weak point (8)
  2. 2. The natural world around us (11)
  3. 5. A person skilled in a particular type of ___ (9)
  4. 6. Physical activity that keeps you fit (8)
  5. 9. Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease (5)
  6. 11. In good shape and not sick (7)
  7. 12. The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next (8)