Smooth Muscle Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• calmodulin : a calcium binding protein that assists in enabling contraction
• smooth : this type of muscle is non-striated and under involuntary control
• nucleus : located in the centre of the smooth muscle cell
• myosin : found in the thick filaments
• spindle : a smooth muscle cell is shaped like this
• troponin : this regulatory protein is not found in smooth muscle
• dense : thin filaments are anchored into these types of bodies
• intermediate : this type of filament only found in smooth muscle
• lattice : describes the arrangment of the contractile filaments
• phosphorylation : this happens to turn contraction on
• phasic : this type of smooth muscle is normally relaxed
• tonic : this type of smooth muscle is normally contracted.
• sphincter : an example of a tonic smooth muscle
• calcium : the majority of this comes from the ecf to facilitate contraction
• multi unit : this type of smooth muscle can only be stimulated to contract via neuronal input
• single unit : this type of smooth muscle is self excitable
• gap : these types of junctions are found in single unit smooth muscle
• myogenic : electrical activity generated by muscle cells
• syncytium : when functioning electrically and mechanically as a unit it is referred to as a functional _