Across
- 4. muscles that contract automatically without conscious control.
- 5. .the action of bending or the condition of being bent, especially the bending of a limb or joint.
- 8. a skeletal muscle that contracts to straighten or extend a joint
- 9. an involuntary muscle type found in the walls of hollow organs like the stomach, intestines, and bladder, as well as in blood vessels and the eyes.
Down
- 1. the process by which muscles generate force and movement.
- 2. a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
- 3. the involuntary, striated muscle that makes up the heart wall, responsible for pumping blood throughout the body by contracting and relaxing in a coordinated rhythm.
- 6. a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
- 7. Muscles that are under your conscious control.
- 9. a muscle which is connected to the skeleton to form part of the mechanical system which moves the limbs and other parts of the body.