Exercise and Fitness Word Search
Free Exercise and Fitness word search. We picked 12 themed words — the parts and systems of the human body — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: MUSCLE, TENDON, LIGAMENT, CARTILAGE, JOINT, BONE, FIBER, SARCOMERE, FASCIA, EPIMYSIUM, PERIMYSIUM, ENDOMYSIUM.
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Exercise and Fitness word list, defined
- MUSCLE /ˈmʌskəl/ · noun
- A tissue that has the power of movement, and is made up of bundles of fibers that contract and relax to produce movement. A muscle is a bundle of fibers that contract and relax to produce movement. Related: flesh, sinew, fiber, tendon.
- TENDON /ˈtɛndən/ · noun
- A cord or band of fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to a bone or other structure, allowing for movement and support. A long, narrow, and flexible part of a muscle that attaches to a bone. Related: ligament, fascia, sinew, cable.
- LIGAMENT /ˈlaɪəmənt/ · noun
- A band of fibrous connective tissue that connects bones or holds together joints, or a strong cord or thread of fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Related: tendon, fascia, cartilage, sinew.
- CARTILAGE /ˈkɑːt(ə)lɪdʒ/ · noun
- Cartilage is a firm, flexible connective tissue found in the bodies of humans and other vertebrates, especially at joints, in the ear, nose, and rib cage, and between spinal vertebrae. It cushions bones and structural surfaces but, lacking its own blood supply, heals slowly when damaged. Related: gristle, connective tissue.
- JOINT /dʒɔɪnt/ · noun, verb
- A point where two or more bones meet, or a place where people or things are joined together. To join or unite something. Related: union, connection, link, bond.
- BONE /bəʊn/ · noun
- A bone is any of the hard, whitish structures that together make up the skeleton of a human or other vertebrate, providing support, protection, and attachment for muscles. As a mass noun, 'bone' refers to the dense, hard connective tissue from which these structures are made. Related: osseous structure.
- FIBER /ˈfaɪbər/ · noun
- A thread-like structure of natural or synthetic material, such as the strands forming plant tissue, muscle, cloth, or nerves. More broadly, it denotes dietary material from plants that the body cannot fully digest, and figuratively, essential character or texture. Related: thread, strand, filament, fibril.
- SARCOMERE /sɑːrˈkɒmɪər/ · noun
- A sarcomere is the functional unit of striated muscle tissue, consisting of a repeating pattern of actin and myosin filaments that contract to produce muscle movement. Related: muscle fiber, myofibril, contractile unit.
- FASCIA /ˈfeɪʃə/ · noun
- Fascia is a band or sheet of connective tissue, chiefly collagen, that surrounds and binds together muscles, organs, and other internal structures of the body. The word also denotes a flat horizontal band or board, such as the fascia board along the edge of a roof or the dashboard fascia of a car. Related: band, sheet, membrane, connective tissue.
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