Lec 1-3 - Muscle and its Innervation Flashcards
(34 cards)
antigravity muscles
extensors
muscles with same action at a joint
synergists
resisting forces of gravity
posture
elimination of unwanted movement at a joint
postural fixation
postural fixation example
have to hold hands in the right place in able to use the fine motor skills of typing
can different types of muscle fibers be changed from one to the other with training?
nope
alpha motor neurons are aka
LMN
if motor neurons die, axons die and muscles blank
atrophy
true atrophy only occurs in diseases like blank
polio, ALS
spontaneous twitches of motor fibers as muscle is dying
fasciculations
single motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates
motor unit
each muscle fiber receives innervation from blank
one motor neuron
large motor neurons will innervate blank
many muscle fibers
all muscle fibers in a single motor unit are blank
the same type
largest motor units are blank fibers
FF
smallest motor units are blank
S
fine control has a blank average motor unit size
small
force and speed control have blank motor unit size
large
motor units are recruited in this order
smallest first
receptor of muscle length
muscle spindle
receptor of muscle force and contraction
golgi tendon organ
muscle spindle has these specialized fibers called blank
intrafusal fibers
intrafusal fibers have blank and blank centers
contractile, noncontractile
2 types of information from muscle spindle
static length, dynamic length