Muscle contractions
Across
- 2. contractile unit of muscle
- 5. calcium binding intermediate messenger protein of smooth muscle
- 10. primary mineral involved with skeletal muscle contractions
- 11. thick XX across/down
- 12. translation of nerve action potentials
- 13. bulbous swellings of smooth muscle associated with nerve fibers
- 17. junction of nerve and target cell
- 18. electrical change due to sodium influx
- 19. terminal end sacs of sarcoplasmic reticulum
- 21. calcium binding regulatory protein
- 23. T-tubule plus XX across/down
- 24. brief period between stimulus and muscle contraction
Down
- 1. connective tissue covering of XX across/down
- 3. muscle oxygen source
- 4. muscle contractions following calcium bolus / synaptic knob
- 5. calcium storage in sarcoplasmic reticulum
- 6. neurotransmitter of neuromuscular junction
- 7. control of smooth and cardiac muscle
- 8. skeletal muscle plasma membrane
- 9. fibrous contractile protein strands
- 14. waves of involuntary smooth muscle contractions
- 15. a bundle of muscle fibers
- 16. increase in tension and decrease of muscle fiber length
- 20. cell that encloses neuromuscular junction
- 22. thin XX across/down