Muscles and Muscle Tissue Crossword

region of a striated muscle sarcomere that contains myosin thick filaments
a cellular protein found especially in microfilaments
muscle that causes a particular movement to occur, creating a normal range of movement in a joint by contracting
a muscle that opposes the action of another
The shortening and thickening of functioning muscle or muscle fiber
layer of areolar connective tissue that is within a muscle fiber
a sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle
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
muscular contraction in which the length of the muscle does not change
maintain constant tension in the muscle as the muscle changes length
operation of most skeletal muscles involves leverage
closer to the fulcrum
the center of the A band and, thus, it is in the center of the sarcomere
made up of a motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by that motor neuron's axonal terminalsmade up of 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
A muscle cell
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
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
the 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 regulatory protein complex controlling the interaction of actin and myosin
a protein of muscle that forms a complex with troponin regulating the interaction of actin and myosin in muscular contraction
action is normally controlled by an individual's will
the dark thin bands across a striated muscle fiber that mark the junction of actin filaments in adjacent sarcomeres