Body Functions Flashcards
(22 cards)
Osteokinematic
Visible movement of a limb
Arthrokinematic
Joint surface movement
* slide, glide, roll, spin
Ligaments
Connect bone to bone
*sprain
vertebre in spine
7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
Sacrum
Coccyx
Osteoblast
Form new bone
Osteoclast
Break down and removal of old bone
3 stages of motor skill develop
- Cognitive
Just learning - Associative
Understanding the skill - Autonomous
Mastered the skill
Golgi tendon organ
GTO
Where muscle fiber inserts to tendon
Sensitive to change and rate of change of tension
Muscle spindles
Receptor sensitive to change in length of muscle
Propriception
Sense the orientation of the body
Parasympathetic nervous system
Tells body to relax
Sympathetic nervous system
Increase neural activity
Fight or flight
Somatic nervous system
Serves the outer area of the body responsible for voluntary movement
Interneurons
Transmits impulses between afferent and efferent neurons
Efferent pathway
Motor pathway sends info from the CNS to the body
Afferent pathway
Sensory path that sends info to the CNS
Effector site
Part of the body that receives signal from neuron to produce a response
Mitochondria
Creates energy
*the power house
Nucleus
Contains most of the cells genetic material
(Chromosomes
Neuron
Functional unit of the nervous system
Nervous system
Network of neurons that pro ide communication in the body
Kinetic chain
Concept of a chain of interdependent links that work together to move the body
