Across
- 6. Muscle size decrease from lack of exercise (pg. 308)
- 7. Neurotransmitter synaptic vesicles release from an axon to cross a synapse & propagate a bioelectric current.
- 9. Contraction of a single muscle fiber, some are slow & some are fast
- 12. A muscle causing movement in the opposite direction
- 13. Semi-striated muscle type in the heart
- 16. Increasing the angle between bones
- 18. cordlike structure connecting muscle to bone
- 21. Contractions where the muscle shortens
- 23. Each muscle fiber is composed of many of these
- 24. Attachment site of muscles to bones that move
- 26. Dense connective tissue separating skeletal muscles
- 27. Striated muscle type attached to bones
- 28. Contractions where the muscle neither shortens or lengthens
Down
- 1. When a muscle is exercised excessively and loses its ability to contract
- 2. Contractions where the muscle lengthens
- 3. Process that produces lactic acid due to a lack of oxygen
- 4. Muscle type in blood vessels, intestines, stomach, uterus, stomach.
- 5. Muscle enlargement from exercise(pg. 308)
- 8. Attachment site of muscles to bones that doesn't move
- 10. A section of muscle made up of muscle fibers
- 11. Energy that powers muscle contraction
- 14. When muscle fiber stimulation ceases
- 15. Muscles working together vs. in opposition
- 17. Functional unit of myofibril (distance between Z lines) that shortens with contractions
- 19. Decreasing the angle between bones
- 20. Each myofibril is compose of many of these
- 22. Terminal end of a motor neuron containing synaptic vesicles
- 25. The cell membrane of a muscle fiber (cell)