Muscles Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. The increase in size of skeletal muscle fibers, making your muscles bigger and stronger
  2. 3. The cytoplasm of lined muscle cells
  3. 5. Component of muscle cell and makes up thin filament of muscle fiber.
  4. 7. Metabolic pathway in which carbohydrates are broken down into simpler components.
  5. 11. Muscle tissue that connects to bones by tendons, allowing body movement.
  6. 13. Protein found in heart muscle cells that helps them contract.
  7. 14. Fibrous connective tissue that connects skeletal muscle to bone.
  8. 15. Tendency of the body to maintain a constant internal enviornment.
Down
  1. 2. The process of redcuing physical and mental tension to fight stress.
  2. 4. Organelles found in muscle cells that drive muscle contraction and relaxation.
  3. 5. The wasting away or decrease in size of body tissues, organs, or muscles.
  4. 6. High energy phosphate molecule that provides and stores energy required for chemical function.
  5. 8. Muscular contraction that lasts a fraction of a second.
  6. 9. Muscle layer that seperates the region of the lungs, from the region of the stomach.
  7. 10. Nervous system disease caused by a bacteria that produces toxins.(Hint, Rust can give you this).
  8. 12. Superfamily of actin-based proteins responsible for converting ATP and makes up thick filament of muscle fiber.