Joints Crossword

The main function of the muscular system is ______.
______ are the only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract.
The _________ is the connective tissue surrounding individual muscle fibers
Myofibrils are organelles within the ______ cell that contain thick and thin myofilaments.
Muscles attach to bones directly or through _____ or aponeuroses.
The membrane of the cell is the ______.
The process in which a muscle becomes or is made shorter and tighter.
Contractions are a shortening of the uterine muscles occurring at ______ before and during childbirth.
____ ____ generation in skeletal muscle cells the sarcolemma is the plasma membrane of the skeletal muscle
An action potential occurs when a neuron sends ________ down an axon, away from the cell body.
_____ muscle generally forms the supporting tissue of blood vessels
Smooth muscle fibers are located in ____ of hollow visceral organs.
_____ muscle tissue is an extremely specialized form of muscle tissue that has evolved to pump blood throughout the body.
cardiac muscle is only found in the _____.
Skeletal muscle is one of ____ major muscle types
Most skeletal muscles are attached to bones by bundles of _____ fibers known as tendons.
The cardiac muscle makes up the bulk of the heart's ____.
Skeletal muscle ____ bones and other structures.