smooth muscle

• group of muscle cells

• visceral muscle - organ muscle

• connects muscle to bone

• wave-like muscle contraction

perimysium

• separates cells within a bundle and holds them together; has scattered stem cells to help in repair

• the covering of a muscle

• holds fasciculi together

• covering of a fascicle

elevator

• makes rigid

• turns up

• closes an opening

• lifts up

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

BMI

• a muscle protein

• body metabolic isometric

• body mass index

• body movement index

sphincter

• turns down

• moves away from the midline

• closes an opening

• turns up

contraction

• a muscle protein

• muscle cell tissue

• muscle cell shortening

• a muscle that works opposite of another

electrolytes

• a natural contraction cycle of cardiac muscle

• ions capable of conducting electrical currents

• a chemical that transmits a message from a nerve

• bands of proteins that compose the cytoskeleton of muscles

cramp

• the contracting unit of a muscle

• involuntary muscle contraction

• injury due to overworking a muscle

• painful contraction of a muscle

tensor

• turns down

• makes rigid

• a muscle protein

• connects muscle to bone

abductor

• moves away from the midline

• muscle cell shortening

• moves in a circle

• moves toward the midline