Muscles Crossword Puzzle

7. wave-like series of muscular contractions and relaxations of the circular and longitudinal muscles that surrounds the various parts of the digestive tract
10. the process where muscle fibers generate tension and shorten in response to a nervous system signal
11. the continuous movement of blood throughout the body, driven by the heart, to deliver oxygen and nutrients to tissues while removing waste products
13. twitch muscular contraction that lasts a fraction of a second
14. filament model an explanation for muscle contraction based on the movement of the actin filaments in relation to myosin filaments
15. protein in muscle tissue that stores and transports oxygen

1. a muscle layer that separates the region of the lungs from the region of the stomach and liver
2. exercise-induced increase in muscle mass due to an increase in the size,not number of individual skeletal muscle fibers
3. a protein found in heart muscles cells that helps them contract
4. muscle nonstriated, involuntary muscle tissue found in the walls of internal organs
5. the release of tension in muscle fibers, allowing them to return to a low-tension, resting state after contraction
6. muscle striated, involuntary muscle found only in the heart
8. muscle striated, voluntary muscle tissue that comprises skeletal muscles: also called striated muscle
9. adenosine triphosphate
12. fibrous connective tissue that connects skeletal muscle to bone