Muscle Innervation Flashcards
1
Q
What is muscle innervation?
A
The stimulation of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve. Motor nerves enable the brain to stimulate a muscle to contract. When stimulation stops, muscles relax.
2
Q
Motor nerves control the body’s voluntary muscle contractions (T/F)
A
T
3
Q
Neuromuscular means
A
Pertaining to the relationship between a nerve and muscle (neur/o means nerve, muscul means muscle, and -ar means pertaining to).
