exercise phys exam 1 Flashcards
maintenance of a constant internal environment
homeostasis
balance between the demands placed on a body and the physiological response to those demands
steady state
components of a biological control system
- stimulus excites receptor
- receptor signals integrating center of a disturbance
- signals effector to correct disturbance
- effector corects disturbance and removes stimulus
what does basal ganglia do?
smooths movements
motor control system
primary motor cortex cerebellum basal ganglia brain stem spinal cord
primary descending motor pathway from motor cortex to the spinal cord motor neurons
corticospinal tract
degeneration of basal ganglia (specifically nuclei called the substania nigra)
parkinsons disease
name 4 symptoms of parkinsons
tremor of hands arms legs jaw
rigidity or stiffness of limbs and trunk
bradykinesia or slowness of movement
postural instability or impaired balance and coordination
extensors are
ventral
flexors are
dorsal
what covers the entire muscle
fascia
what covers the fascicle
epimysium
what covers the individual fibers
perimysium
what covers the individual myofibrils
endomysium
what is a motor unit:
motor neuron and all the fibers it innervates
describe action potential
action potential leads to synapse, Ca^2+ channel opens, Ca goes into cell, ACh either binds to nicotinic receptor or gets broken down by enzyme acetylcholinesterase
define satellite cell and describe where its located
satellite cells repair damaged muscle, located between basement membrane and sarcolemma
what is the functional unit of muscle:
sarcomere
be able to draw sarcomere
Z line I band: only actin A band: both myosin and actin H zone: only myosin M line
what do you need to dissociate myosin head from actin?
ATP
essential and regulatory
MLC (myosin light chain)
ATPase and actin-binding site
MHC