Across
- 2. time of fertilization
- 5. these cells help muscle grow in width due to their ability to divide
- 6. heavily muscled animals have more of this type of myofiber
- 8. small unit of myofiber that contracts
- 9. sugar in the bloodstream
- 10. connective tissue that wraps around individual myofibers
- 11. connective tissue sheath wrapped around bundles of myofibers (whole muscles)
- 14. process where old cartilage cells die and are replaced by calcium
- 15. normal state for a muscle
- 18. stored glucose
- 20. muscle that provides most of the meat we eat
- 23. fat that surrounds internal organs
- 24. muscle protein that stays stationary when muscle contracts
- 26. muscle cells division before birth
- 27. small pellets containing hormone implanted under skin behind the ear
- 28. postpartum muscle stiffness
- 29. this breaks down sarcomeres after slaughter
- 30. fatigue state of exhaustion caused by not enough glucose
- 32. backfat
- 33. muscle cell developed by aerobic exercise
Down
- 1. synthetic substance similar to adrenaline
- 3. the only desirable fat
- 4. cardiac muscle is located here
- 7. strenuous exercise right before slaughter causes this due to high pH
- 8. growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland
- 12. this is created when muscles attempt to contract using glycogen
- 13. exudative means this
- 16. this makes up 72% of meat tissue
- 17. flavor and juiciness of meat comes from
- 19. fibrous tissue composed of three strands of tropocollagen chemically bound together in a triple helix
- 20. type of muscle surrounding tubular organs
- 21. growth plate at the end of long bones where cartilage is formed
- 22. connective tissue that wraps around bundles of myofibers
- 24. myoblasts fuse together to form these
- 25. postnatal muscle growth
- 31. male hormones