Human Movement Science

Question 1

Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues

Answer 1

Mechanoreceptors

Question 2

Receptors sensitive to change and rate of change of tension

Answer 2

Golgi tendon organs

Question 3

Receptors sensitive to change in length of the muscle and rate of that change

Answer 3

Muscle spindles

Question 4

The functional unit of the nervous system

Answer 4

The neuron

Question 5

Receptors that respond to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration in the joint

Answer 5

Joint receptors

Question 6

The system that acts as the body’s communication network, gathers and interprets information, and determines all movement

Answer 6

Nervous system

Question 7

What are the three functions of the nervous system?

Answer 7

Sensory, integrative, and motor

Question 8

The ability to sense body position and limb movement relative to adjacent parts of the body and the environment

Answer 8

Proprioception

Question 9

What are the four benefits to training proprioceptive abilities?

Answer 9

Improved balance, posture, coordination, and the ability to adapt to changing environments

Question 10

What are the three main parts of a neuron?

Answer 10

Cell body, Axon, dendrites

Question 11

Transmit nerve impulses from receptors in tissues to the CNS

Answer 11

Sensory (afferent) neurons

Question 12

Transmit nerve impulses from the CNS to effector sites in muscles or organs

Answer 12

Motor (efferent) neurons

Question 13

Transmits nerve impulses from one neuron to another

Answer 13

Interne Urins

Question 14

The portion of the nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal cord

Answer 14

Central nervous system

Question 15

Cranial and spinal nerves that spread throughout the body

Answer 15

Peripheral nervous system

Question 16

Primary connective tissue that connects bones together and provides stability and input to the nervous system

Answer 16

Ligaments

Question 17

Flattened or indented portion of bone which can be a muscle attachment site

Answer 17

Depression

Question 18

Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column

Answer 18

Axial skeleton

Question 19

Portion of the skeletal system that includes the bones that connect to the spinal column including the upper and lower extremities

Answer 19

Appendicular skeleton

Question 20

Bone with a cylindrical body (shaft) that are longer than they are wide and enlarge and widen at each end

Answer 20

Long bone

Question 21

Cube or box shaped bones that are nearly as wide as they are long; made out of mostly sponge bone tissue to maximize shock absorption

Answer 21

Short bones

Question 22

Thin bones made of two layers of compact bone tissue around a layer of spongy bone tissue

Answer 22

Flat bone

Question 23

Bones of unique shape and function that do not fit the characteristics of other categories

Answer 23

Irregular bones

Question 24

Small, often round bones embedded in a joint capsule

Answer 24

Sesamoid bones

Question 25

The motions of the joints in the body

Answer 25

Arthrokinematics

Question 26

What are three types of joint motion?

Answer 26

Roll, slide, and spin

Question 27

What are the six types of joints related to movement?

Answer 27

Gliding, condyloid, pivot, and ball-and-socket

Question 28

Joints held together by a joint capsule and ligaments; most associated with movement in the body

Answer 28

Synovial joints

Question 29

Most mobile joints that allow motion in all three planes

Answer 29

Ball-and-socket

Question 30

What does bone do in response to progressive exercise

Answer 30

Gets stronger

Question 31

What can prevent bone injuries related to falls?

Answer 31

Maintaining muscle strength, coordination, and balance

Question 32

What is the best exercise to help strengthen bone?

Answer 32

Weight-bearing exercise

Question 33

The functional unit of muscle that produces muscular contraction and consists of repeating sections of actin and myosin

Answer 33

Sacromere