Muscular System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Striated muscle attached to bones that enables movement
  2. 5. Nonstriated muscle found in viscera and blood vessels
  3. 7. Connective tissue sheath that covers and protects muscles and organs
  4. 8. Protective layer that surrounds entire muscles
  5. 11. A medical term for a disease that affects skeletal muscles
  6. 13. A layer of connective tissue that surrounds a fascicle
  7. 15. inflammation of a tendon
Down
  1. 2. The process of maintaining a stable core body temperature; one of the functions of the muscular system
  2. 3. Medical term for the muscle cells of the heart
  3. 4. Protective layer that surrounds a single muscle fiber
  4. 6. A brief, spontaneous contraction/twitch in a muscle
  5. 9. Bundles of muscle fibers that form a complete muscle
  6. 10. Inflammation of the fascia
  7. 11. Medical term for muscle cells
  8. 12. a strong fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone
  9. 14. Type of muscle tissue found in the heart