Lec 1-3 - Muscle and its Innervation Flashcards
antigravity muscles
extensors
muscles with same action at a joint
synergists
resisting forces of gravity
posture
elimination of unwanted movement at a joint
postural fixation
postural fixation example
have to hold hands in the right place in able to use the fine motor skills of typing
can different types of muscle fibers be changed from one to the other with training?
nope
alpha motor neurons are aka
LMN
if motor neurons die, axons die and muscles blank
atrophy
true atrophy only occurs in diseases like blank
polio, ALS
spontaneous twitches of motor fibers as muscle is dying
fasciculations
single motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates
motor unit
each muscle fiber receives innervation from blank
one motor neuron
large motor neurons will innervate blank
many muscle fibers
all muscle fibers in a single motor unit are blank
the same type
largest motor units are blank fibers
FF