Muscular System
Across
- 2. cytoplasm of a muscle cell
- 3. an area where a motor nerve makes contact with a muscle fiber
- 4. a protein that holds tropomyosin in place
- 5. this disappears when a sarcomere contracts
- 7. central part of a muscle
- 8. plasma membrane of a muscle cell
- 10. a bundle of muscle fibers
- 13. connective tissue covering of a muscle fiber
- 15. contractile unit of the muscle fiber
- 17. protein fiber that makes up the thin filaments
- 19. major organelle of a skeletal muscle fiber
- 20. another name for a light band of striations
- 21. connective tissue surrounding a muscle fascicle
Down
- 1. a skeletal muscle cell
- 2. organelle that stores calcium ions in a muscle cell
- 6. protein that covers the active sites on actin
- 9. protein fiber that makes up the thick filaments
- 11. central part of a triad that transfers an action potential from the plasma membrane
- 12. the structure that separates two successive sarcomeres
- 14. muscle attachment on a bone that moves when the muscle contracts
- 16. connective tissue covering of a muscle
- 17. another name for a dark band of striations
- 18. muscle attachment on a bone that does not move when the muscle contracts