SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Across
- 5. What type of muscle tissue has spindle-shaped fibers with a single nucleus and is non-striated?
- 8. What part of the skeleton includes bones of the limbs and girdles?
- 11. What surrounds individual muscle fibers?
- 13. What bone disease develops when bone mineral density and bone mass decrease?
- 16. What mineral provides strength to bones?
- 18. What genetic disorder affects collagen production, causing brittle bones?
- 20. What autoimmune disease causes muscle fatigue?
- 21. What is the functional unit of muscle contraction?
- 23. What theory explains how actin and myosin filaments slide past each other to produce contraction?
- 24. What process increases muscle size due to exercise?
- 26. What is the outer covering of a muscle?
- 27. What protein provides flexibility to bones?
- 28. What connects muscles to bones?
- 29. What are the living tissues that consist of collagen and minerals?
- 30. What type of muscle tissue has branched fibers with a single nucleus and intercalated discs?
Down
- 1. What part of the skeleton includes the skull, vertebral column, and ribcage?
- 2. What type of joints do not move?
- 3. What is the complex network of tissues that enables movement and maintains posture?
- 4. What is the over-stretching or tearing of muscle fibers called?
- 6. What is the inflammation of tendons called?
- 7. What genetic condition leads to muscle weakness?
- 8. What process decreases muscle size due to disuse?
- 9. What contains myofibrils within a muscle?
- 10. What is the framework of bones and cartilage that supports and protects the body?
- 12. What connects bones to other bones?
- 14. What is the slippery liquid inside some joints that helps bones move smoothly?
- 15. What type of joints allow a lot of movement?
- 17. What type of muscle tissue has long, cylindrical fibers with multiple nuclei and a striated appearance?
- 19. What surrounds muscle fascicles?
- 22. What specialized connective tissue is found in joints?
- 25. What are the places where two or more bones meet, allowing movement and support?