Across
- 6. neurons with multiple dendrites with no axon
- 7. bundles of axons in the peripheral nervous system
- 8. cell that generates rapid electrical signals
- 13. mechanism that allows smooth muscles to prolong in low energy states
- 15. shields the vertebral column
- 17. Na+ influx
- 19. crucial component of central nervous system
- 20. the basic unit of a muscle fiber
- 22. smallest contributing muscle
- 23. glue between the actin and extracellular matrix
- 26. repeated functional units
- 31. same tone but change in length
- 33. cell membrane of skeletal muscle cells
- 34. another term for cell body
- 36. K+ efflux
- 37. contains the cell bodies of neurons
- 39. a nerve impulse
- 40. smallest muscle within a group
- 41. receptive region of the neuron
Down
- 1. defensive cells
- 2. fibers that go towards the central nervous system
- 3. aids agonist
- 4. collections of neuron cells
- 5. peripheral target organ
- 9. provides the major force
- 10. contains the cauda equina
- 11. control center of the neuron
- 12. how the gray matter is organized
- 14. inward folds of the sarcolemma
- 16. muscle shortening
- 18. muscles contract and length remains the same
- 21. the greatest force achieved in muscle contraction
- 24. largest muscle in a group
- 25. long slender projection of a nerve cell
- 27. delicate innermost layer od meninges
- 28. protein that forms part of the cytoskeleton
- 29. tough outermost layer of meninges
- 30. extension of muscles
- 32. largest contributing muscle
- 35. innervated by 1 motor neuron
- 38. elongated threads in striated muscle cells