Muscle Crossword Puzzle-Lindsey Beedie

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