Muscular System

2. To shorten; to become reduced in size; in the case of muscle, either to shorten or to undergo an increase in tension
6. the large muscle at the back of the upper arm
7. another term for myocardium.
9. band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.
10. muscle whose contraction moves a limb or other part of the body toward the midline of the body or toward another part.
11. muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb
13. muscle which is connected to the skeleton to form part of the mechanical system
15. involuntary muscle is a muscle that contracts without conscious contro

1. muscle that provides the primary force driving the action
3. synaptic connection between the terminal end of a motor nerve and a muscle
4. muscle tissue in which the contractile fibrils are not highly ordered
5. large muscle in the upper arm
8. a point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined
12. inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
14. flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.