Muscles Move!

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Across
  1. 4. The muscle of the external shoulder that abducts, flexes, extends, and rotates the arm
  2. 6. Permanent tightening of skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia
  3. 10. The movement of two body surfaces toward each other, as in the act of bending
  4. 11. The attachment site of a muscle that moves during muscular contraction
  5. 13. The muscle that works against the movement of the agonist in a muscle pair
  6. 15. Muscle pain; also called myodynia
  7. 18. Movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
  8. 19. Movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
  9. 21. Loss of muscle tone
  10. 23. Loss of muscle mass, strength, and function as a result of aging
  11. 24. The ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting length when a stretching force is removed
  12. 25. A fibrous cord of tissue that attaches bone to bone
  13. 26. A band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone
Down
  1. 1. Excessive growth or abnormal enlargement of a muscle
  2. 2. Muscles that are stimulated to move through conscious control
  3. 3. The ability of a skeletal muscle to contract (shorten)
  4. 5. Muscles that are not stimulated to move through conscious control
  5. 7. The straightening of a limb after it has been flexed
  6. 8. Total paralysis on one side of the body
  7. 9. Wasting away or shrinkage of muscle size
  8. 12. A type of involuntary muscle that surrounds internal organs and contracts and relaxes to move contents through body system passageways
  9. 14. The muscle that causes the primary movement in a muscle pair
  10. 16. A type of involuntary muscle found only in the heart
  11. 17. A drug that reduces inflammation
  12. 20. Abnormal softening of muscle tissue
  13. 22. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity