Functions of the Muscular System

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Across
  1. 1. continued increase metabolism that must occur in a cell to remove excess lactic acid
  2. 3. Stays stationary when movement at joint occurs
  3. 4. Interconnected to move as one
  4. 6. Help anchor muscles to bone.
  5. 11. main part of the body
  6. 12. Striated and 40 - 50% of body weight
  7. 13. deciding to move your forearm
  8. 14. Enables the body and its parts to move.
  9. 15. muscles that help in producing the movement
  10. 16. When muscle fibers are stimulated repeatedly without rest
Down
  1. 2. maintain body position because of continuous low-strength muscle contraction
  2. 5. muscles that relax during movement; movement is in the opposite direction
  3. 7. heart beating
  4. 8. Found in hollow muscles: Digestive tract, blood vessels, and ureters
  5. 9. muscle is responsible for producing specific movement
  6. 10. point of attachment to the bone that will move when muscle contracts