Muscle Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. - Cell membrane that encloses each muscle cell.
  2. 5. -point attached to the moveable bone
  3. 6. -bundle of sheathed muscle fibers
  4. 8. -gap between muscle cell membranes filled with intertitial fluid
  5. 10. - The structural and functional unit of a myofibril
  6. 13. striated involuntary muscle found only in the heart
  7. 17. degrees of shortening in skeletal muscles
  8. 19. basic rod-like organelle of a muscle cell
  9. 21. coarse fibrous membrane that surounds endomysium
  10. 22. -movement of bone around longitudinal axis
  11. 23. toughest 'overcoat' of connective tissue surrounding entire muscle
  12. 25. moving a limb away from the midline of the body
Down
  1. 2. opposite of abduction-movement of limb toward midline of body
  2. 3. cordlike things that attach muscled indirectly to bones, cartilages, or connective tissue coverings of each other
  3. 4. combination of all forms of movement- seen in ball and socket joints- move like a cone in all ways
  4. 7. muscle cells that package together to form skeletal muscles
  5. 9. A widespread neurotransmitter found in the CNS and at neuromuscular junctions between peripheral nerves and muscles
  6. 11. Bundle of sheathed fibers
  7. 12. movement in sagittal plane that decreases angle of joint and brings two bones closer together
  8. 14. -point attached to immovable or less movable joint
  9. 15. -chemical released when nerve impulse reaches axonal terminals
  10. 16. state of continuous partial contractions-when contraction isnt visible but muscle remains firm and healthy and ready for action
  11. 18. delicate -connective tissue sheath
  12. 20. involuntary muscle with no striations found in walls of hollow visceral organs (stomach, bladder, respiratory)
  13. 23. opposite of flexion-movement that increases angle/distance between bones or parts of body (straightening)
  14. 24. one neuron and all the skeletal muscle cells it stimulates