Muscle system vocab

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