Muscle system vocab
Across
- 8. Acid, an organic acid produced in the muscle and red blood cells
- 10. protein found in the striated muscles(skeletal muscles)
- 12. Junction, a synpatic connection between terminal end of a motor nerve to a muscle
- 14. Tubules, forms by the inward extensions of the sarcolema; main function is to allow electrical signals to move deeper into the cell.
- 15. Contraction, shortening of a specific or group of muscles
- 16. attachment site that doesn't move during contraction
- 18. Contraction, tightening of a specific or group of muscles
- 19. a muscle that helps another muscle perform an action
Down
- 1. the 3 protein filaments of myofibril in the muscle cells.
- 2. basic contractile unit of a myocyte (muscle fibre)
- 3. The 'blob' that link the thin and thick filaments at intervals
- 4. strong flexible tissue that connect muscles to bones
- 5. series of reactions that convert glucose into pyruvate
- 6. requiring an absense of oxygen
- 7. When one end of a muscle is attached to to 2 or more place in the body
- 9. Mover, a muscle that has a lot of the responsibility to move
- 11. Reticulum, muscle fiber's version of smooth endoplasmic reticulum
- 13. Tetanus, type of baceria that causes painful muscle contractions
- 17. Unit, A functional unit used for the nervous system