Muscular System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. muscle(s) which support the movement by contributing force and stabilizing
  2. 5. pulling force transmitted through an object with forces acting on opposite sides
  3. 6. consist of actin and myosin proteins and is the site of skeletal muscle contraction
  4. 8. muscle which opposes the action and relaxes when the agonist is contacted
  5. 9. thin contractile filaments
  6. 10. main muscle for movement
  7. 11. ability to cause rotation on a lever and depends on the amount of force, angle of force and momentum
  8. 13. bundles of muscle fibers
  9. 14. ability of muscle cells to forcefully shorten
  10. 16. muscle non-striated contracts involuntarily and is found lining internal organs
Down
  1. 1. ability of a muscle to be stretched
  2. 3. ability of a muscle to return to its original length when relaxed
  3. 4. muscle contract voluntarily and are attached to bones
  4. 6. thick contractile fragments
  5. 7. repeating units of actin and myosin and is the site of muscle contraction
  6. 12. ability for a muscle to respond to stimuli
  7. 15. Muscle striated, branched structures which contract involuntary and form the heart walls