Muscles Move!
Across
- 4. The muscle of the external shoulder that abducts, flexes, extends, and rotates the arm
- 6. Permanent tightening of skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia
- 10. The movement of two body surfaces toward each other, as in the act of bending
- 11. The attachment site of a muscle that moves during muscular contraction
- 13. The muscle that works against the movement of the agonist in a muscle pair
- 15. Muscle pain; also called myodynia
- 18. Movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
- 19. Movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
- 21. Loss of muscle tone
- 23. Loss of muscle mass, strength, and function as a result of aging
- 24. The ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting length when a stretching force is removed
- 25. A fibrous cord of tissue that attaches bone to bone
- 26. A band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone
Down
- 1. Excessive growth or abnormal enlargement of a muscle
- 2. Muscles that are stimulated to move through conscious control
- 3. The ability of a skeletal muscle to contract (shorten)
- 5. Muscles that are not stimulated to move through conscious control
- 7. The straightening of a limb after it has been flexed
- 8. Total paralysis on one side of the body
- 9. Wasting away or shrinkage of muscle size
- 12. A type of involuntary muscle that surrounds internal organs and contracts and relaxes to move contents through body system passageways
- 14. The muscle that causes the primary movement in a muscle pair
- 16. A type of involuntary muscle found only in the heart
- 17. A drug that reduces inflammation
- 20. Abnormal softening of muscle tissue
- 22. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity