Muscular Sytem Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. The ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting fi length when a stretching force is removed
- 7. Rotational motion of the forearm in which the palm moves to face downward
- 10. Descent of a part of the body
- 14. Rotational movement of the forearm or leg (such as drawing a circle with the limb)
- 17. The movement of two body surfaces toward each other, as in the act of bending
- 20. The ability of a muscle to contract without the involvement of a nerve supply
- 21. The turning inward of the sole of the foot
- 22. The raising of a body part
- 23. The attachment site that moves during muscular contraction
Down
- 1. The ability of the skeletal muscle to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting
- 2. The ability of the skeleton muscles to be stretched
- 3. The movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
- 4. The movement of a body part around its longitudinal axis that is longitudinal
- 6. Rotation of an arm or leg (like drawing a circle with the limb)
- 8. The movement of the sole of the foot upward (flexed toward the lower leg)
- 9. The straighten of a limb after it has been flexed
- 11. A muscle is the attachment site that does not move when the muscle contracts
- 12. The ability of a skeletal muscle to contact (shorten)
- 13. The movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
- 15. (Internal) The movement toward the midline of the body
- 16. The act of bending a joint or limb beyond normal extension or range of motion
- 18. (External) The movement away from the midline
- 19. The turning outward of the sole of the foot