Across
- 5. a basic contracting unit over each muscle fiber
- 8. chemical on motor neuron that initiates reactions
- 10. contractions that increase in tension without producing movement
- 11. violent, involuntary contraction of muscles, a sign of injury
- 13. muscles decrease
- 14. area between the Z bands and the functional unit of the contractile unit
- 17. thin protein filament
- 19. involuntary contraction of muscles
- 20. sheath fibrous connective tissue that covers skeletal muscle
- 22. stored in the muscles to provide a constant source of energy
- 23. skeletal muscles atrophy
- 25. type of exercise that does increase the heart rate
- 27. energy contained in muscles that converts ADP back to ATP
- 28. contractions that are continual; helps maintain posture
- 29. inability to move muscles due to failure of nervous system
- 31. muscles increase
Down
- 1. contractions that produce movement by the muscles shortening
- 2. name for a bundle of fibers
- 3. after exercise one will breathe deeply to pay back what
- 4. continuous contraction of muscles; lockjaw
- 6. a thin fibrous connective tissue that covers the fiber bundles
- 7. weakness, fatigue of voluntary muscles
- 9. strained muscles on front of lower leg
- 12. nerve cells that stimulate a muscle fiber
- 15. a thin covering over each muscle fiber
- 16. type of exercise that does not increase the heart rate
- 18. a flattened disc on the muscle fiber
- 21. thick protein filament
- 24. what most of the energy released during muscle activity is used for
- 26. chemical product of a broken high energy bond
- 30. a nigh energy bond is split in this material to yield energy