Across
- 2. the ability to contract or shorten
- 5. the delicate membrane surrounding each striated muscle fiber
- 8. a wave of symmetrical squeezing of the digestive tract walls that occurs during digestion
- 12. a type of contraction that causes no change in muscle length
- 13. a fine, protective sheath of connective tissue around a skeletal muscle fiber
- 14. the ability to be stretched
- 15. fiber, an individual skeletal muscle cell
Down
- 1. the ability to respond to a stimulus
- 3. role played by a skeletal muscle to cause a movement
- 4. role played by a skeletal muscle acting to slow or stop a movement
- 6. a bundle of muscle fibers
- 7. a type of contraction that causes lengthening of a muscle
- 8. connective tissue sheath that envelops each primary bundle of muscle fibers
- 9. a flat, sheetlike fibrous tissue that connects muscle or bone to other tissue
- 10. the outermost sheath of connective tissue that surrounds a skeletal muscle
- 11. a type of contraction that causes shortening of a muscle
