Health Check-Up

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Pain in a muscle or group of muscles (7)
  2. 4. Organ that pumps blood around the body (5)
  3. 5. Continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: (5)
  4. 7. Person who treats sick people (6)
  5. 11. Taking a ___ as a precaution against contracting a disease (11)
  6. 12. A body part made of tissues working together to perform a function. (5)
  7. 13. In good shape and not sick (7)
  8. 14. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus (5)
  9. 15. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body (6)
  10. 16. One of the contractile organs of the body (6)

Down

  1. 2. Inflammation of a joint or joints (9)
  2. 3. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of (5)
  3. 6. A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes (9)
  4. 8. The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (5)
  5. 9. Causing physical or psychological pain (7)
  6. 10. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint (7)