Muscle Terminology
Across
- 1. an example of a ball-and-socket joint
- 2. basic contractile unit of a myofibril
- 5. m. type that allows for skeletal movement
- 7. skeleton that creates an external armor
- 9. skeleton type of pressurized fluid
- 11. m. fibers used by endurance runners
- 12. skeleton type that is hard and internal
- 13. regulates m. contraction via binding to troponin
- 17. m. fibers that use aerobic respiration
- 19. blocks myosin binding sites on actin
- 20. m. fibers that have shorter, rapid contractions
- 21. a single motor neuron and the m. fibers it controls
- 23. polysac. that makes arthro. exoskeleton
Down
- 1. m. type that lines hollow organs
- 3. theory that explains m. contraction
- 4. m. contraction resulting from a single AP
- 6. m. type that is striated and electric
- 8. m. fibers that use glycolysis
- 10. thick filaments are made of this
- 11. m. fibers that have longer, slower contractions
- 14. a type of joint where one bone rotates
- 15. an example of a hinge joint
- 16. thin filaments are made of this
- 18. m. fibers that can be oxidative or glycolytic
- 22. sustained contraction due to rapid APs