Muscular System Crossword

Muscles never push, they always
holds muscles in place by
considered the functional unit of skeletal muscles
single muscle cell
separates individual muscle fibers
contains actin & myosin
bone that moves during muscle contraction
during muscle contraction sarcomeres do this
neuron & muscle connection
pumped back into sarcoplasmic reticulum during rest
gap between neuron and muscle cell
result of positive ion charges in muscle cells
wavelike motion in GI tract
smooth muscle protein
cardiac muscle motion
rhythmic contraction of heart muscle
worker muscles
assists agonist muscles
known as kissing muscle
orbicularis oculi closes the
muscle can be felt in front of the ear when jaw is clenched
The masseter muscle does what to the jaw?
synergist muscle for flexion of the neck
scalene muscle assists in forceful
triangular muscle that covers the shoulder
Greek letter that deltoid is named after.
pectoral girdle muscle that maintains posture & movement
trapezius tilts and turns what body part
rotates and supinates the forearm
nerve that signals the supinator muscle
muscle inserts into palm of hand
palmaris longus flexes what
compresses abdominal contents
What cavity are oblique muscles in?
What muscle inserts into sacrum & coccyx
Coccygeus provides sphincterlike action where?
attaches at great trochanter of femur
The piriformis abducts & rotates this.
primary flexor of the knee
How many muscles make up the hamstring group?
provides plantar flexion of foot
The plantaris muscle inserts where?