Muscular System Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. a type of muscle that act on the lining of the body's passageways and hollow internal organs.
  2. 6. muscle movement that occurs without knowing.
  3. 7. muscle that decrease in size and strength.
  4. 8. the inflammation of a tendon
  5. 9. area of discolored skin that appear after an injury, usually a blow of some kind.
  6. 11. muscle that opens a joint
  7. 14. result when muscles are stretched or partially torn from overexertion
  8. 15. a type of muscle that is attached to bone that cause body movements.
  9. 16. an inherited disorder that gradually destroys the fibers of the skeletal muscles
Down
  1. 2. commonly occur in the abdomen as a result of straining to lift a heavy object
  2. 3. the long cells that muscle is made up of.
  3. 4. major muscles contain hundreds of _____________ of these fibers.
  4. 5. word for striped muscle
  5. 10. muscle movement that occurs under conscious control.
  6. 12. a type of muscle that forms the wall of the heart.
  7. 13. muscle that closes a joint