Domain 1 Flashcards
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What is the Nervous system?
B. A communication network within the body
What is the central nervous system?
A.Brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body
What is the Peripheral Nervous System
C. Nerves connecting the CNS to the rest of the body and environment
What is a Neuron?
C. Functional unit of the nervous system
Joint Receptors respond to?
Respond to pressure,acceleration and deceleration of the joints
Golgi tendon organs do what (GTO) ?
Sense changes in muscular tension.
Muscle spindles?
Sense changes in muscle length.
What do tendons do?
Connect muscle to bone; provide anchor for muscles to produce force.
Kinesiology?
The study of human movement
how does the body move
Biomechanics?
The study of how forces affect a living body
1st Example: External forces can be weight lifting,
Or wind resistance while swimming.
2nd Example: Internal when you take a deep breath e it creates an internal force.
What are the top 10 Anatomic locations ?
Superior - above a point of reference.( above the head)
Inferior - below a point of reference.
Proximal- nearest to a point of reference. (closer to the center of the body shoulder area)
Distal - farthest from a point of reference. (wrist)
Anterior - front of the body. (chest,shoulders, anterior deltoids,chins & quads)
Posterior- back of the body. (Hamstrings,lats,gluteus maximus & triceps)
Medial- closer to the middle of the body. (Pecks)
Lateral-farther from the middle of the body.
Contralateral- on the opposite side of the body.
Ipsilateral- on the same side of the body.
Anatomic position?
Standing straight with the palms facing forward
What is fascia?
A. Outer layer of connective tissue surrounding a muscle
What are fascicles?
A. Bundle of individual muscle fibers.
What is a motor unit?
B. One motor neuron and the muscle fibers it connects with.
What is Neural activation?
A. Chemical messengers that transport impulses from nerve to muscle
B. Contraction of a muscle generated by neural stimulation.
C. One motor neuron and the muscle fibers it connects with.
B. Contraction of a muscle generated by neural stimulation.
What are neurotransmitters?
A. Chemical messengers that transport impulses from nerve to muscle.
B. Contraction of a muscle generated by neural stimulation.
C. One motor neuron and the muscle fibers it connects with
A. Chemical messengers that transport impulses from nerve to muscle
What does the Cardiovascular System consist of?
Heart,blood and blood vessels
Cardiac Muscle
Shorter,more tightly connected than skeletal muscle; involuntary.
Atria
Smaller superior chambers of the heart; receive blood from veins
Right atrium
Gathers deoxygenated blood from the lungs
Right atrium
Gathers deoxygenated blood from the lungs
Left atrium
Gathers oxygenated blood from the lungs.
Ventricles
Larger inferior chambers of the heart pump blood out