Muscular System Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Starts at the base of your neck, goes across your shoulders and extends to the middle of your back
  2. 5. Occurs when damaged muscle tissue releases its proteins and electrolytes into the blood
  3. 6. An age related, involuntary loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength
  4. 8. Involuntary muscle contractions and overly stimulated peripheral nerves
  5. 9. Each of a pair of long muscles that connect the sternum, clavicle, and mastoid process of the temporal bone and serve to turn and nod the head
  6. 10. Any disorder that affects the heart muscle
Down
  1. 1. An increase in muscle mass that is achieved through exercises like resistance training
  2. 2. Abbreviation for a fatal motor neuron disease characterized by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain
  3. 3. A flat, thin muscle in the wall of the cheek
  4. 7. An impairing disorder that resulted in the delayed relaxation of skeletal muscles after voluntary contraction