Muscles and Muscle Tissue Crossword

the striated region of a sarcomere
a protein found in microfilaments
a muscle that moves in one direction
a muscle that contracts while another relaxes
a movement of a muscle that causes it to become tight
connective tissue within the muscle
fibrous tissue surrounding the cell
a bundle of structures
appears as a lighter band in the middle of the dark A band at the centre of a sarcomere
a pale band across a striated muscle fiber that consists of actin
the point of attachment in a muscle where more movement occurs
A muscular contraction in which the length of the muscle does not change
maintain constant tension in the muscle as the muscle changes length
The operation of most skeletal muscles involves leverage
is closer to the fulcrum of a lever
is in the center of the A band
a motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by that motor neuron's axonal terminals
the decline in ability of a muscle to generate force
multinucleate cells that make up skeletal muscles
efers to the condition in which muscles of the body remain semi-contracted for an extended period
the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
a single contraction resulting from a threshold stimulus
the filaments of myofibrils, constructed from proteins, principally myosin or actin
an iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the muscle tissue
protein found in muscle tissue as a thick filament
the attachment site that doesn't move during contraction
sheath of connective tissue surrounding a bundle of muscle fibers
the cell membrane of a striated muscle fiber cell
the repeating unit between two Z lines
the cytoplasm of a myocyte
responsible for the passive elasticity of muscle
extensions of the cell membrane that penetrate into the centre of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells
a protein of muscle that together with tropomyosin forms a regulatory protein complex controlling the interaction of actin and myosin
controlled by an individual's will
any of the dark thin bands across a striated muscle fiber