ch 7

Question 1

What is the functional unit of the nervous system

Answer 1

neuron

Question 2

Neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover

Answer 2

Synergistic dominance

Question 3

resting length of a muscle and the tension the muscle can produce at this resting length

Answer 3

length-tension relationship

Question 4

The process in which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindle

Answer 4

autogenic inhibition

Question 5

Name the systems of the human movement system (kinetic chain)

Answer 5

nervous system, muscular system, skeletal system

Question 6

Compensations observed during the Overhead Squat assessment from the lateral view

Answer 6

Low back arches, excess forward lean, arms fall forward

Question 7

compensations observed during the Overhead Squat assessment from the anterior view

Answer 7

feet turn out and knees move inward