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Question 1

Human Movement System: Nervous system

Answer 1

Basic unit neuron (dendrite, axon, cell body) CNS (brain & spinal column) PNS (everything coming out of spinal column & mechanoreceptions…)

Question 2

Mechanorecptors

Answer 2

Muscle Spindle (think stretch), Golgi Tendon Organ (think tension & foam rolling), Joint Receptors

Question 3

Three stages of learning

Answer 3

Cognitive (learning), associative (beginning to understand), Autonomous (learned skill, no thought)

Example sentence: He has reached the autonomous stage of learning where he can perform the task effortlessly.

Question 4

How many bones are in the skeletal system?

Answer 4

206 bones

80 in axial skeleton, 126 in appendicular skeleton

Question 5

What is the basic unit of the skeletal system?

Answer 5

Osteon

Osteoblasts build up, osteoclasts claw down

Question 6

What is the longest bone in the human body?

Answer 6

Femur

Example: The femur is the longest bone in the human body.

Question 7

What is the function of ligaments?

Answer 7

Connect bone to bone

Example: ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)

Question 8

What is the function of tendons?

Answer 8

Connect muscle to bone

Example: Achilles tendon

Question 9

What is the basic unit of the muscular system?

Answer 9

Sarcomere

Myofibrils contain actin & myosin

Question 10

Where is glucose stored in the muscle?

Answer 10

Glycogen

Example: Glucose is stored as glycogen in the muscle.

Question 11

What is a motor unit?

Answer 11

Single neuron cell and associated muscle fibers it innervates

Example: Motor unit controls muscle movement.

Question 12

What is the Sliding Filament Theory?

Answer 12

Muscle contractions involving actin & myosin sliding past one another

Shortening the muscle during a concentric muscle contraction.

Question 13

What are capillaries?

Answer 13

Smallest blood vessels for exchange of elements between blood and tissues

Example: Capillaries are where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged in the body.