Muscular System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (6)
  2. 5. A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law (8)
  3. 9. Composition for a solo instrument and not a regular part of a religious service or musical (9)
  4. 10. Any skeletal muscle having two origins (6)
  5. 11. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a ___ (8)
  6. 12. The muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf (13)

Down

  1. 1. Of or relating to the heart (7)
  2. 2. Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities (6)
  3. 4. A muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor (9)
  4. 6. Controlled by the autonomic nervous system (11)
  5. 7. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend (plural) (8)
  6. 8. Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work (7)