The Neuromuscular Junction
Across
- 2. Nerve impulses
- 4. Nerve down which an action potential propagates
- 6. The end of an axon where a signal is cast away
- 9. Process of molecules leaving a cell by fusing with the membrane
- 10. Neurotransmitter
- 11. Enzyme which converts acetylcholine to acetetate and choline
- 12. Point of the synaptic contact of the muscle fiber
- 15. When acetylcholine binds to these it causes the attached sodium channel to open causing Sodium to influx into the muscle cell
- 17. Membrane of a striated muscle fiber cell, also called the Myolemma
- 18. The state of working in synergy as in the case of muscle cells.
- 19. A sheath of connective tissue that groups muscle fibers into bundles
- 21. Proteins which link muscle cells together allowing cations to flow from one muscle cell to another
- 22. These contain acetylcholine and are found in the axon terminal
Down
- 1. Process of calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum due to binding of calcium cations
- 3. Membrane of the axon terminal
- 5. Space between the pre-synaptic membrane and the post-synaptic membrane
- 7. Influx of calcium ions into the depolarised muscle cell.
- 8. Place where calcium ions are stored in the muscle cell
- 13. Propagates a signal to the axon terminal along the axon
- 14. Striated muscle tissue under the control of the somatic nervous system
- 15. Junction where neurons talk to muscle cells
- 16. Membrane of the muscle cell
- 20. A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium