Muscles part 1

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Across
  1. 2. This is what connects the muscle to the bone
  2. 4. This term refers to a group of muscle fibers
  3. 7. This is our only voluntary muscle type
  4. 10. This characteristic of muscle tissue describes its ability to receive and respond to stimuli
  5. 12. This muscle type is found in the walls of our hollow visceral organs and it has no striations
  6. 13. This characteristic of muscle tissue describes its ability to shorten forcibly when stimulated
  7. 15. This is the thin filament of the myofibril
  8. 16. This is the smallest functional unit of a muscle fiber
Down
  1. 1. This layer of connective tissue covers the entire muscle
  2. 3. This characteristic of muscle tissue describes its ability to be stretched
  3. 5. This characteristic of muscle tissue describes its ability to recoil to resting length
  4. 6. This muscle can be found in the walls of the heart
  5. 8. This layer of connective tissue covers each fascicle
  6. 9. This is the thick filament of the myofibril
  7. 11. This word describing skeletal and smooth muscle cells is why we refer to these cells as muscle fibers
  8. 14. This layer of connective tissue surrounds each individual muscle fiber