Across
- 4. these increase the angle between ventral surfaces
- 6. connective tissue surrounding individual muscle fibers
- 11. nerve cells that conduct impulses towards the CNS
- 15. nerve cells that conduct impulses away from the CNS
- 16. any of the alternate dark and light cross bands of a myofibril of striated muscle
- 18. type of muscle tissue that helps the heart pump, involuntary
- 19. muscles always do this and get shorter
- 21. these decrease the angle between ventral surfaces
- 22. the attachment of a muscle moves during movement
- 24. external connective tissue sheath around a whole muscle
- 25. contractile protein that makes up the thick filaments in muscle fibers
Down
- 1. explanation of how thick and thin filaments slide relative to one another during muscle contraction to decrease sarcomere length
- 2. contractile protein that is part of the thin filaments in muscle fibers
- 3. protein of muscle that forms a complex with troponin regulating the interaction of actin and myosin
- 5. any of the repeating structural units of striated muscle fibrils
- 7. aka muscle cell aka muscle fiber
- 8. type of muscle tissue that lines hollow organs, involuntary
- 9. type of muscle tissue that surrounds bones, voluntary
- 10. to shorten and thicken
- 12. network of interlacing blood vessels or nerves
- 13. a small bundle of muscle fibers
- 14. protein of muscle that together with tropomyosin forms a regulatory protein complex that ocntrols the interaction of actin and myosin
- 17. the attachment of a muscle that stays stationary during movement
- 20. connective tissue surrounding a fascicle
- 23. an organ composed of one or three types of tissue (skeletal, smooth, or cardiac), specialized for contraction