Joints Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) It functions to reduce friction by lubricating the joint and absorbing shocks. It also supplies oxygen and nutrients to the cartilage, while removing carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes.2) The intervening medium.3) The rounded surface of one bone articulates with a ring structure formed by another bone and a ligament.4) It is movement of the forearm so that the palm is turned upward.5) Autoimmune disorder that attacks joint structures.8) Freely moveable joints like the big "ball and socket" synovial joints of the shoulder and hip.9) They are simple back and forth and side to side movements.10) Hormones & disuse13) It is movement away from the mid-line.14) There is an increase or a decrease in the angle between articulating bones.15) Relatively flat bone surfaces move back and forth and from side to side with respect to one another.16) They are composed of dense irregular C.T., lined by a synovial membrane.17) It is most common. Wear of articular cartilage leads to bone-bone contact.19) Movement may be restricted if a joint has not been used for an extended period. Across: 3) Immoveable joints, like the fibrous joints of the skull.6) The articulating surface is flat or slightly curved, permitting back and forth and side to side.7) It is uric acid crystals in joints.11) It is movement of our magnificent opposable thumb across the palm to touch the tips of the fingers on the same hand.12) Slightly movable joints like the cartilaginous pubic symphysis.17) They are bands of dense regular C.T. that join one bone to another bone.18) Relaxin increases the flexibility of the pubic symphysis and loosens the ligaments between the sacrum and hip bone toward the end of pregnancy.20) They are fluid-filled structures strategically placed to minimize friction in some joints.21) The convex oval shaped projection of one bone fits into the oval shaped depression of another bone.22) They consist of a bad of cartilage between two bones.23) The ball surface of one bone fits into a cup-like depression of another bone. These joints allows the most movement of any joint. 24) A bone revolves around its own longitudinal axis.25) It is an increase in the angle. 26) It is a decrease in the angle.27) The articular surface of one bone is saddle shaped. 28) It is a ball and socket joint formed by the head of the humerus and the scapular.29) It is movement towards the mid-line.30) It is movement of the forearm so that the palm is turned downward.31) They are more complex; ligaments hold bones together to form a synovial cavity and a freely moveable joint.
 

 

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