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Chapter 20 C: Muscular

Teacher: Snickerfritz
Across
Muscle pain resulting from a muscular disorder or disease
Muscle tissue located in the walls of internal organs such as intestines
The ability of a muscle tissue to shorten and thereby cause movement
What muscles ALWAYS do
The ability of a muscle to respond to impulses from the nervous system
Muscle tissue that looks like dark and light stripes when viewed under a microscope; skeletal
Type of bread
When applied to muscle tissue: Muscles that are not controlled by conscious thought EX: intestinal muscles
Painful, involuntary contractions in muscles that have been heavily used and have suffered from muscle fatigue
The ability of a muscle to stretch when it is relaxed
The inability to move a muscle usually because of some nervous system failure
The attachment of a muscle's tendon to the more stationary bone
Lack of oxygen that causes that accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles and liver
Circular bundles of muscles that regulate the diameter of varoius tubular organs and openings
The ability of a muscle to return to its previous shape
Describes muscle tissue that is nonstriated when viewed under a microsope
The distance from one Z line to another
One of the functional fibers within a muscle that causes contraction by the movement of actin and myosin filaments
Down
Violent , involuntary contractions of an entire group of muscles; EX: As in drug withdrawals or epilepsy
The inabilityof the muscle fibers to contract
The type of acid produced in the muscles by the conversion of pyruvic acid
Bundle of muscle fibers bound together by connective tissue -
The kind of protein that composes thin muscle filaments
Named for its location, this muscle tissue is usually attached to bones
The type of acid produced when cells break down glucose in the absence of sufficient oxygen
When applied to muscle tissue: means that the tissue is mainly controlled by conscious thought
Muscle located only in the heart; is striated and involuntary
A great reduction of muscle fiber and possible replacement by fibrous tissue
A muscle that performs the opposite action of another muscle is said to be its-----
Muscles that assist the prime mover by contracting at the same time in order to produce or stabilize the movement
Long muscle cells that contain many nucleii
The attachment of the muscle tendon to the more movable bone
A structure that anchors actin filaments at their midline; functional unit of muscular contraction
The kind of protein that composes thick muscle filaments
What muslces NEVER do
An invountary contraction of shorter duration than a cramp and usually not as painful