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Chapter TWO - Neuromuscular Fundamentals Flashcards

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Aggregate muscle action

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muscles working together in groups rather than independently to achieve given joint motions

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Muscles are named based on varying factors…

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shape, size, number of divisions, direction of its fibers, location, points of attachment, action, action and shape, action and sizes, shape and location, location and attachment, location and number of divisions

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What plays a role in a muscles ability to exert force?

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shape and fiber arrangement, cross-section diameter, ability to shorten,

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two major types of fiber arrangements?

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parallel and pennate

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Subdivide parallel fiber arrangements

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flat, fusiform, strap muscles, radiate, sphincter

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Flat muscles

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thin and broad, originating from broad, fibrous, sheetlike aponeuroses that allow them to spread force over a large area

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fusiform muscle

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spindle-shaped with a central belly that tapers to tendons on each end.
power focused on small bony pts

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strap muscles

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uniform in diameter with essentially all their fibers arranged in long parallel manner.
power focused on small, bony targets

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radiate muscles

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triangular, fan shaped, or convergent,

originate on broad surface, converge to a tendon.

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sphincter muscles

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circular muscles are endless strap muscles that surround openings and function to close them upon contraction

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Subdivide pennate muscles

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unipennate, bipennate, multipennate

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Unipennate

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muscle fibers run obliquely from a tendon on one side only

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Bipennate

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muscle fibers run obliquely from a central tendon on both sides

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Multipennate

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muscles have several tendons with fibers running diagonally between them

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Irritability or excitability

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property of muscles

sensitive or responsive to chemical, electrical, or mechanical stimuli

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Contractility

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to contract and develop tension or internal force against resistance when stimulated

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17
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Extensibility

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passively stretched beyond its normal resting length

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Elasticity

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muscle can return to its original resting length following stretching

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Intrinsics

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muscles within or belonging solely to the body part on which they act

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Extrinsics

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muscles that arise or originate outside of (proximal to) the body part on which they act.

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Action

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specific movement of the joint resulting from a concentric contraction of a muscle that crosses the joint

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Innervation

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occurs in the segment of the nervous system responsible for providing a stimulus to muscle fibers within a specific muscle or portion of a muscle

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Amplitude

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range of muscle fiber length between maximal and minimal lengthening

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Gaster

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central, fleshy portion of the muscle

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Tendon

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tough flexible bands of fibrous CT, cordlike, connect muscle to bones and other structures
transmit force

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Aponeurosis

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a tendinous expansion of dense fibrous CT, sheet or ribbon.

fascia to bind muscles together or connecting muscle to bone

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Fascia

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sheet or band of fibrous CT that envelopes, separates, binds together parts of the body such as muscles, organs, and other soft-tissue structures of the body

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Retinaculum

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fascial tissue that retains tendons close the the body in certain places such as around joints like the wrist and ankle

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origin

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structural perspective, the proximal attachment of a muscle or the part that attaches closest to the midline or center of the body

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Insertion

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the distal attachment, farthest from the midline. the movable part

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Isometric contractions

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one length. length does not change
static in nature - active tension develops to maintain a particular joint angle.
used to stabilize

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Isotonic

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the muscle developing tension to either cause or control joint movement.
Dynamic contractions
varying degrees of active tension causing joint angle change.

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Subdivide isotonic contractions

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concentric or eccentric

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concentric contractions

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causing movement against gravity or resistance
“positive contractions”
used to accelerate the movement of a body segment from low to high speeds

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Eccentric contraction

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control movement with gravity or resistance and are described as negative contractions.

force developed is less than that of the resistance.
used to decelerate

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Movement differentiation

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Study table table 2.2 page 43

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Isokinetics

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type of dynamic exercise usually using concentric or eccentric muscle contractions in which the speed (or velocity) of movement is constant and muscular contraction (usually maximal contraction) occurs throughout the movement

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Agonist

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when contracting concentrically, cause the joint motion through a specified plane of motion.

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primary movers

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agonists muscles that contribute to joint motion more than an agonist due size, shape, location etc..

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assisters

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agonist muscles that contribute significantly less than primary movers

41
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Antagonist

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opposite concentric action from agonists.
“contralateral muscles”
“relax and allow movement during agonist contraction”
when antagonist contract concentrically, perform movement in opposite direction of agonist

42
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Stabilizers

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surround the joint or body part and contract to fixate or stabilize the area to enable another limb or body segment to exert force and move.

43
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Synergist

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assist in the action of an agonist but are not prime movers

44
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Helping synergists

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have an action in common but also have action antagonistic to each other

45
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True synergists

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contract to prevent an undesired joint action of the agonist and have no direct effect on the agonist action

46
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Neutralizers

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counteract or neutralize the action of other muscles to prevent undesirable movements.

47
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Force couples

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occur when 2+ forces are pulling in different directions on an object causing the object to rotate about its axis.

48
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determining muscle action

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EMG, electrical muscle stimulation, palpation

49
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CNS has five levels of control they are..

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cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, cerebelllum, brain stem, spinal cord

50
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cerebral cortex provides

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gross muscle action, sensory stimuli interpreted

51
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basal ganglia

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posture and equilibrium, learned movements

52
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cerebellum

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integrates sensory responses, motion feedback, timing and intensity of muscle activity (refined movements)

53
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Brain stem

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integrates all CNS activity through excitation and inhibition of desired neuromuscular actions, maintains wakefulness

54
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spinal cord

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pathway between CNS and PNS, specific control, contains rest of nerves, spinal reflexes

55
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review cranial nerves, spinal nerves, numbers, plexuses

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ok

56
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kinesthesis

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consciousness of body position and movement in space

57
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review GTO and muscle spindle

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ok

58
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tetanus

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no relaxation between muscle contractoin

59
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treppe

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when a rested muscle is stimulated repeatedly with a maximal stimulus at a frequency that allows complete relaxation between stimuli, creates staircase effect until all contractions are equal

60
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length-tension, force-velocity, angle of pull, neuromuscular unit all…

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effect development of tension in a muscle

61
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the angle of pull

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decreases as a muscles moves further from anatomical position

62
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concurrent

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movement patterns that allow the involved biarticular muscles to maintain a relatively consistent length because of the same action (extension) at both its joints

63
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countercurrent

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movement patterns that result in substantial shortening of the biarticular muscle

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