Across
- 1. ability to receive and respond to a stimulus
- 4. site where a one nerve cell interacts with the muscle to make it contract
- 5. type of muscle found in the digestive system
- 7. contractile unit of a muscle fiber
- 9. specialized plasma (cell) membrane of muscle cells
- 10. type of connective tissue that forms a sheet like structure to attach muscle to bone
- 13. type of tissue that surrounds and bundles muscle tissue
- 14. one of the functions of muscles produced by friction
- 16. cord like structures that attach muscle to bones
- 18. a bundle of muscle fibers
- 19. means that muscle is under conscious control
- 22. means that muscle cells have more than one nucleus
- 24. bundles of myofilaments that have distinct banding patterns
Down
- 2. neurotransmitter for skeletal muscle
- 3. the name of a muscle cell
- 5. specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum found in muscle cells
- 6. gap between a nerve and a muscle
- 8. ability to shorten when an adequate stimulus is received
- 9. type of muscle responsible for movement of the body
- 11. name of the theory of how muscles contract
- 12. one neuron that stimulates a skeletal muscle to contract
- 15. connective tissue that surrounds one single muscle fiber
- 17. type of muscle found in the heart
- 20. means the muscle has visible banding
- 21. connective tissue that surrounds a bundle of muscle fibers
- 23. connective tissue that covers the entire skeletal muscle