Basic Exercise Science chapter 2-1 Flashcards
What are the 3 primary functions of the nervous system?
Sensory function
Integrative function
Motor function
Name the components that make up the human movement system.
Nervous system
Skeletal system
Muscular system
Also known as the kinetic chain
What is the nervous system
A large group of cells that form nerves which provide a communication network within the body.
Describe the sensory function
The ability if the nervous system to sense change in the internal or external environment.
Describe the integrative function
The ability of the nervous system to interpret sensory info allowing for proper decision making and producing the appropriate response.
Describe motor function
The neuromuscular response to sensory info.
The nervous and muscular system
Neuromuscular
Which system in the kinetic chain dictates movement
Nervous system
What is a neuron
The functional unit of the nervous system .
Many neuron together form …
The nerves of the body.
Neuron are comprised of 3 main parts, what are they?
Cell body (soma)
Axon
Dendrites
What is the name of the neuron that looks like cylindrical projection from the cell body, that transmits nervous impulses to other neurons or effector sites (muscles, organs other neurons etc.)
Axon
What part of the neuron communicates from the brain/spinal cord to other parts os the body
Axon
What part of the neuron gathers info from other structures back to the neuron?
Dendrites
The part,of the neuron that is similar to any other cells in the body and contains a nucleus, and organelles such as lysosomes, mitochondria, and Golgi complex.
Cell body
