Across
- 5. chains of tiny contractile units that make up myofibrils
- 6. long ribbon like organelles that push aside nuclei
- 10. toughtest 'overcoat' of connective tissue surrounding ENTIRE muscle
- 11. (ach)specific neurotransmitter that stimulates skeletal muscle cells
- 14. junctions that form with sarcolemma of different muscle cells
- 15. larger filaments made mostly of bundled small projection molecules of protein (myosin)- contain ATpase enzymes that link thick and thin filaments together during contraction
- 16. chemical released when nerve impulse reaches axonal terminals
- 18. bundle of sheathed muscle fibers
- 19. plasma membrane
Down
- 1. specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum that surrounds every myofibril
- 2. one neuron and all the skeletal muscle cells it stimulates
- 3. striated involuntary muscle found only in the heart
- 4. cordlike things that attach muscled indirectly to bones, cartilages, or connective tissue coverings of each other
- 5. gap between muscle cell membranes filled with intertitial fluid
- 7. involuntary muscle with no striations found in walls of hollow visceral organs (stomach, bladder, respiratory)
- 8. delicate connective tissue sheath
- 9. threadlike protein within sarcomeres
- 12. sheetlike things that attach muscles indirectly to bones etc
- 13. filaments composed of contractile protein called actin and regulatory proteins that prevent myosin head binding to actin
- 17. coarse fibrous membrane that surrounds endomysium