Muscle Crossword Puzzle-Lindsey Beedie
Across
- 5. discs connect the cells and allow them to contact in wave-like motion which causes the pumping of blood
- 9. fascicles are surrounded by a membrane
- 11. where thick and thin filaments overlap
- 12. the functional unit of a muscle fiber is called
- 14. able to shorten and pull on its attachment points
- 15. a collection of cells that are excitable
- 17. each muscle cell/fiber has smaller fibers within it called
- 18. where a nerve and muscle fiber/cell come together
- 20. inside a skeletal muscle, fibers are organized into bundles
Down
- 1. a muscle that is not under conscious control
- 2. the plasma membrane of muscle cells has a special name called
- 3. cells contain a lot of mitochondria
- 4. the folded area of sarcolemma where the muscle and neuron communicate
- 6. the boundary between sarcomeres
- 7. a muscle under conscious control
- 8. Fiber a single muscle cell
- 10. each muscle cell/fiber is surrounded by a membrane
- 13. each muscle is surrounded by a membrane
- 16. the gap between the neuron and motor end plate
- 19. a specialized grouping of cells in our hearts