Medical Terminology Ch. 8

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Across
  1. 2. nonelastic, white fibrous band of connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone
  2. 4. and extending a joint to increase the angle between two bones or two body parts.
  3. 5. connective tissue around each muscle. It merges into the tendon.
  4. 7. that produce movement of body parts.
  5. 8. a body part toward the midline.
  6. 11. that initiates a muscle contraction by changing the permeability of the muscle fibers
Down
  1. 1. the palm of the hand inferiorly or downward.
  2. 3. hypertrophy/An increase in the size of a muscle
  3. 6. junction/Area on a muscle fiber where a single nerve cell is connected to it
  4. 7. contusion/Condition in which blunt trauma causes bleeding in the muscle.
  5. 9. muscle/Muscle of the side of the jaw that moves the mandible upward
  6. 10. muscle/Muscle of the side of the head that moves the mandible upward and backward