Animal Science

2. time of fertilization
5. these cells help muscle grow in width due to their ability to divide
6. heavily muscled animals have more of this type of myofiber
8. small unit of myofiber that contracts
9. sugar in the bloodstream
10. connective tissue that wraps around individual myofibers
11. connective tissue sheath wrapped around bundles of myofibers (whole muscles)
14. process where old cartilage cells die and are replaced by calcium
15. normal state for a muscle
18. stored glucose
20. muscle that provides most of the meat we eat
23. fat that surrounds internal organs
24. muscle protein that stays stationary when muscle contracts
26. muscle cells division before birth
27. small pellets containing hormone implanted under skin behind the ear
28. postpartum muscle stiffness
29. this breaks down sarcomeres after slaughter
30. fatigue state of exhaustion caused by not enough glucose
32. backfat
33. muscle cell developed by aerobic exercise

1. synthetic substance similar to adrenaline
3. the only desirable fat
4. cardiac muscle is located here
7. strenuous exercise right before slaughter causes this due to high pH
8. growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland
12. this is created when muscles attempt to contract using glycogen
13. exudative means this
16. this makes up 72% of meat tissue
17. flavor and juiciness of meat comes from
19. fibrous tissue composed of three strands of tropocollagen chemically bound together in a triple helix
20. type of muscle surrounding tubular organs
21. growth plate at the end of long bones where cartilage is formed
22. connective tissue that wraps around bundles of myofibers
24. myoblasts fuse together to form these
25. postnatal muscle growth
31. male hormones