3.5-3.6 Body Systems Flashcards
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The collective components and structures that work together to move the body: muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
Human Movement System (HMS)
A concept that describes the human body as a chain of interdependent links that work together to perform movement.
Kinetic Chain
A network of specialized cells called neurons that transmit and coordinate signals, providing a communication network within the human body.
Nervous System
Specialized cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system.
Provide the nervous system with the ability to communicate with itself, as well as with the outside environment.
Process and transmit information through electrical and chemical signals.
Form the core of the nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves
Neuron
What are neurons composed of?
Neurons are composed of three main parts: cell body, axon, and dendrites
Cellular structure or organelle that contains the majority of the cell’s genetic material in the form of chromosomes.
Nucleus
Tiny cellular structures that perform specific functions within a cell. Examples include nuclei, mitochondria, lysosomes, ribosomes, and the endoplasmic reticulum.
Organelles
The parts of the cell that use nutrients to create energy for the cell; commonly known as the powerhouses of the cell.
Mitochondria
A part of the body, such as a muscle or organ, that receives a signal from a neuron to produce a physiological response.
Effector Sites
Minerals that have an electrical charge to help transmit nerve impulses throughout the body, such as sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
Electrolytes
A division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Nerves that connect the rest of the body to the central nervous system.
Peripheral Nervous Systems (PNS)
Sensory pathway that relays information to the central nervous system.
Afferent Pathway
A motor pathway that relays information from the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
Efferent Pathway
Neurons located within the spinal cord and brain that transmit impulses between afferent and efferent neurons.
Interneurons
Specialized structures located throughout the body that convert environmental stimuli (heat, light, sound, taste, motion) into sensory information that the brain and spinal cord use to produce a response
subdivided into mechanoreceptors, nociceptors, chemoreceptors, and photoreceptors
Sensory Receptors
Sensory receptors use the what pathway to send information to the CNS?
Afferent Pathway
Specialized structures that respond to mechanical forces (touch and pressure) within tissues and then transmit signals through sensory nerves.
Arguably relate most to the science of human movement, making them the most important for fitness professionals to understand
Mechanoreceptors
Specialized structures that respond to pain
Nociceptors
Specialized structures that respond to chemical interaction (smell and taste)
Chemoreceptors
Specialized structures that respond to light (vision)
Photoreceptors
What are the subdivisions of the PNS?
Somatic and autonomic nervous systems
Nerves that serve the outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle and are largely responsible for the voluntary control of movement.
Somatic Nervous System
A division of the peripheral nervous system that supplies neural input to organs that run the involuntary processes of the body (e.g., circulating blood, digesting food, producing hormones).
Autonomic Nervous System