Contraction of Muscles Flashcards

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Neuromuscular Junction

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Motor end plate, the nerve going to skeletal muscle

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Motor neuron

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nerve cell carrying information about movement

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Neurotransmitter (Acetylcholine)

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space between nerve cell (neuron) and muscle cell. The neurotransmitter crosses the space to tell the muscle to get excited via chemical transmitter called Acetylcholine

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Motor Unit

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motor neuron plus 1 or many muscle cells.

1: 1 precise control ex: eye movement
1: 100 is not precise ex: back muscle (big)

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