Introduction to Anatomy and Muscles
Across
- 2. A muscle or group of muscles that directly performs a specific movement
- 3. The head and neck is an example of this class of lever
- 6. The muscle that relaxes when the agonist/prime mover contracts
- 8. Another name for the prime mover
- 10. The point of attachent that does NOT move when a muscle contracts
- 11. The ankle and calf muscle is an example of this class of lever
- 13. These muscles work constantly without your conscious effort
- 14. This directional term in anatomy means towards the front part of the body
- 17. This is a specialized type of smooth muscle that pumps blood through your cardiovascular system
- 18. A type of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
- 19. These muscles are attached to your bones by tendons to move your skeleton
- 21. This measurement can be found by either multiplying side lengths of a box, or by putting irregular shapes into water
- 22. The standard unit of Mass in the metric system
- 23. The standard unit of length in the metric system
- 24. This directional term in anatomy means towards the head
- 25. Your biceps and triceps is an example of this class of lever. (It is the most common in the body)
- 27. These muscles also contract when the prime mover contracts
- 28. This is the name of the lens that you look through in a microscope
- 29. Dark bands that appear on the muscle where the sarcomeres meet
Down
- 1. This directional term in anatomy means towards the feet
- 4. This is the microscope lens with the lowest magnification setting
- 5. This plane of the body separates the left half from the right
- 7. The process of actin sliding along the myosin to contract muscles
- 9. The point of attachement that moves when a muscle contracts
- 12. The joint or point around which a lever moves (The tipping point or hinge)
- 15. This plane of the body separates the top half from the bottom
- 16. This directional term in anatomy means towards the back part of the body
- 19. These are the functional units of cardiac and skeletal muscle that allow them to contract in sections
- 20. The standard unit of length in the metric system
- 26. Muscles that act as joint stabilizers
- 27. Cardiac muscle is this type of muscle