Muscular vocab

4. capable of receiving and responding to stimulation by nerves
6. having a saw-toothed shape
8. controlled consciously by a person such as speaking, walking, writing
9. genetic disease that cause damage of muscle fiber causing weakness, immobility, and imbalance
11. capable of shortening
14. congenital disorder that affects the posture, balance, and motor functions
16. muscle fibers run diagonal to midline
18. can be stretched without damage
20. having a triangular shape
21. tendons get inflamed or irritated most common in wrists, elbows, shoulders and heels causing pain and swelling
23. muscle fibers run perpendicular to midlin

1. surrounds muscles and connects muscle to muscle
2. works with the muscular system
3. form the wall of the heart and controls your heartbeat – involuntary
5. can change in response to how it’s used, get bigger or smaller
6. connect to the skeleton in at least one place to move parts of bones closer to each other - voluntary
7. controlled by the unconscious part of the brain such as heartbeat, intestine moving waste, breathing
10. Lou Gehrig’s disease – neurodegenerative disease that causes loss of control on voluntary muscles.
12. having a trapezoid shape
13. muscle fibers run parallel to the midline
15. having a diamond shape
17. attach muscle to bone
19. able to return to resting shape after being contracted or extended
22. (visceral) –Weakest of all muscle tissues found in organs and perform unique functions like grinding, churning or moving – involuntary