Muscular Sytem Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. The ability of skeletal muscle fibers to resume their resting fi length when a stretching force is removed
  2. 7. Rotational motion of the forearm in which the palm moves to face downward
  3. 10. Descent of a part of the body
  4. 14. Rotational movement of the forearm or leg (such as drawing a circle with the limb)
  5. 17. The movement of two body surfaces toward each other, as in the act of bending
  6. 20. The ability of a muscle to contract without the involvement of a nerve supply
  7. 21. The turning inward of the sole of the foot
  8. 22. The raising of a body part
  9. 23. The attachment site that moves during muscular contraction
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  1. 1. The ability of the skeletal muscle to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting
  2. 2. The ability of the skeleton muscles to be stretched
  3. 3. The movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
  4. 4. The movement of a body part around its longitudinal axis that is longitudinal
  5. 6. Rotation of an arm or leg (like drawing a circle with the limb)
  6. 8. The movement of the sole of the foot upward (flexed toward the lower leg)
  7. 9. The straighten of a limb after it has been flexed
  8. 11. A muscle is the attachment site that does not move when the muscle contracts
  9. 12. The ability of a skeletal muscle to contact (shorten)
  10. 13. The movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
  11. 15. (Internal) The movement toward the midline of the body
  12. 16. The act of bending a joint or limb beyond normal extension or range of motion
  13. 18. (External) The movement away from the midline
  14. 19. The turning outward of the sole of the foot