Across
- 2. time/The speed of a muscular contraction
- 3. force/The strength of a muscular contraction
- 5. a scaffold to provide strength and structure to bones, muscle, skin and tendons
- 7. type of starch, converted from glucose by the action of insulin, and stored in the liver as a source of energy
- 9. mineral essential for bone growth
- 10. chemical that occurs in all cells, but mainly in muscle, where it forms the energy reserve. Abbreviation ATP
Down
- 1. flow of blood around the body. Also called circulation
- 4. muscle/Muscle found only in the heart
- 5. interweaving bed of capillaries supplying tissues such as muscle
- 6. great tiredness
- 8. lifelong process where mature bone tissue is removed from the skeleton (a process called bone resorption) and new bone tissue is formed