gross anatomy vocab Crossword

The fibrous connective tissue envelope surrounding a skeletal muscle
The fibrous sheath enveloping each of the fascicles of skeletal muscle fibers.
A band or bundle of fibers, usually of muscle or nerve fibers; a nerve fiber tract.
the sheath of delicate reticular fibrils that surrounds each muscle fiber.
an elongated threadlike structure.
a cord or band of strong white fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone
the source or beginning of anything, especially the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle
the site of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone that it moves.
The abdomen
a muscle protein localized in the I band of myofibrils; acting along with myosin particles, it is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle fibers
one of the two main proteins of muscle. Myosin and actin are the proteins involved in contraction of muscle fibers
tropomyosin to initiate contraction.
a muscle protein of the I band that inhibits contraction by blocking the interaction of actin and myosin, except when influenced by troponin
The segment of a myofibril between two adjacent Z lines, representing the functional unit of striated muscle
cross-striation bisecting the I band of striated muscle myofibrils and serving as the anchoring point of actin filaments at either end of the sarcomere
one of the slender threads of a muscle fiber, composed of numerous myofilaments; called also muscle fibril. adj., adj myofi´brillar
a small network, especially a protoplasmic network in cells.
a small tube; especially, a minute canal found in various structures or organs of the body
The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber; formerly, the delicate connective tissue of the endomysium was included under this term by some
the interfibrillary matter of striated muscle.