Across
- 1. - the chemical element of atomic number 20, a soft grey metal, most important mineral for the human body, it helps with building strong bones and teeth.
- 4. - One of two bones which constitute the forearm.
- 5. - the upper arm bone, long bone of the upper limb or forelimb of land vertebrates that forms the shoulder joint above
- 10. - the plasma membrane of the muscle cell and is surrounded by basement membrane
- 14. - a muscle that opposes the action of another.
- 16. - a calcium-regulatory protein for the calcium regulation of contractile function in skeletal and cardiac muscles.
- 17. - any of the muscles that increase the angle between members of a limb, as by straightening the elbow or knee or bending the wrist or spine backward.
- 18. - protein that is an important contributor to the contractile property of muscle and other cells.
- 20. - a basic unit of striated muscle tissue
Down
- 2. - the inner and larger bone of the forearm
- 3. - a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
- 6. - long filaments that run parallel to each other to form muscle
- 7. - a fibrous connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone
- 8. - a regulatory protein that blocks the binding sites on actin
- 9. - a fibrous globulin of muscle that can split ATP and that reacts with actin in muscle contraction to form actomyosin
- 11. - the part of the body where two or more bones meet to allow movement
- 12. - intracellular system of closed saclike membranes involved in the storage of intracellular calcium in skeletal muscle cells.
- 13. - any of the muscles that decrease the angle between bones on two sides of a joint, as in bending the elbow or knee.
- 15. - semi-rigid but flexible avascular connective tissue found at various sites within the body.
- 19. - a specialised body part that produces movement or locomotion