Neuromuscular Flashcards
somatic
voluntary movement, controls skeletal muscles
neuron cell body
contains nucleus, organelles
neuron nerve fibers
dendrites and axons
dendrites
receive nerve impulses
axon
sends nerve impulses from the neuron cell body to the branching axon terminals. the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.
what do axon terminals do
once received by the axon - stimulate the release of chemical neurotransmitters into synapses
spinal nerves
bundles of nerves fibers axon and dendrites
what starts muscle contraction
starts with a axon terminal secretes the chemical neurotransmitters at the neuromuscular junction
ATP
is used to cause contraction and relaxation of the muscle
neurons
communications - pass electrical impulses to other neurons and can either continue or stop there
muscle contraction
efferent axon terminal synapse with a muscle cell, contraction can occur
all nerve impulses
are one way start at the dendrites to cell body down the axon to the branches