The Muscular System Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. the most familiar type of contraction ; literally means "same tone" or tension; myofilaments are successful in their sliding movements, the muscle shortens, and movement occurs; i.e. bending the knee or rotating the arms
  2. 2. aka endurance; exercise such as jogging or biking; uses oxygen results in stronger, more flexible muscle
  3. 7. the state of continuous partial contractions; the result of different motor units being stimulated by the nervous system in a systematic way
  4. 8. muscle found only in the heart; involuntary
  5. 12. aka nerve fiber; a threadlike extension of the neuron
  6. 13. this occors if you exercise your muscle strenuously for a long time
  7. 14. muscle that has no striations and is involuntarily (we can't control its movement);found in stomach, urinary bladder, and respiratory passages
  8. 15. moving a limb away from the median plane of the body
  9. 17. aka tetanic contraction; a state when the muscle stimulates so fast that there is no evidence of relaxation
  10. 18. attach muscle indirectly to bones, cartilages or connective tissue; provide durability and conserve space
Down
  1. 1. contractions in which the muscle does not shorten; literally means "same measurement" or length
  2. 3. make up thick filaments (myosin filaments)
  3. 4. chains if tiny contractile units
  4. 5. one neuron and all the skeletal muscle cells a motor neuron stimulates
  5. 6. aka isometric exercise; exercise in which muscles are pitted against some immovable object
  6. 7. single, brief, jerky contractions
  7. 9. a contractile protein; makes up thin filaments (actin filaments)
  8. 10. opposite of flexion; increases angle between two bones
  9. 11. the product of anaerobic metabolism, especially in muscle
  10. 16. a movement generally in the saggital plane , that decreases the angle of the joint and brings two bones closer together; typical of hinge joints and common in ball-and-socket joints