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Neuromuscular Basis Of Human Movement Flashcards

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Nerve impulse (action potential)

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The signal that passes from one neuron to the next and finally the end organ (muscle fibers)

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Pathway of Nerve Impulse

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Travels from cell body to axon to terminal

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Resting membrane potential

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Dynamic equilibrium at -70mV
Potassium inside, sodium outside
Polarized membrane

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Depolarization

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Nerves transmit information by changing the potential across the membrane
RMP moves closer to 0mV

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Threshold

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Before a nerve can be depolarized and an AP started, there must be sufficient stimulation
Typical nerve threshold = -55mV
No threshold = no AP

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Afférent Pathways

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Afférent neurons send sensory information to the CNS

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Efferent Pathways

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Efferent neurons send executing information to periphery

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CNS

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Brain, spinal cord, human movement initiated, controlled, and monitored

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PNS

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Branching nerves outside of spinal cord

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Neuron

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Functional unit of the nervous system

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Motor neurons

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Carry signals to muscle

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Afferent neurons

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Ascending into to spinal cord and brain

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Efferent neurons

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Descending info from CNS/spinal cord to muscles

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Interneurons

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Afférent to efférent
Efférent to efferent
Higher centers to spinal cords

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Soma

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Body of cell

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Ganglia

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Bundles or cell bodies just outside the spinal cord

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Dendrites

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Projections on the cell body that serve as receivers

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Axon

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Large nerve fiber that branches out from spinal cord

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Alpha motor neuron

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Large, rapidly transmitting neuron

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Myelinated

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Covered with an insulated shell

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Schwann cells

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Insulation enveloping specific section of axon

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Node of Ranvier

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Gap in between Schwann cells

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Synapse

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Small gap between terminal branch of neuron and muscle

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Motor unit

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Composed of a motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates

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Motor unit fibers

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of fibers depends on the precision of movement required of that muscle

# of motor units decreases with age

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All or none principle

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When motor units receive sufficient stimulation, all fibers of a motor unit produce tension together

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Recruitment

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Increasing the # of stimulated motor units

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Rate coding

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Increasing the stimulation rate of the active motor units

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Rate coding - twitch

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The effect of a single stimulus

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Rate coding - summation

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The overall effect of added stimuli

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Rate coding - tetanus

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Sustained maximal tension due to high frequency stimulation

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Type I fibers

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Slow contraction time
Generates little tension
Highly fatigue resistant
Maintaining posture
Distance runner

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Type IIa

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Fast contraction time
More fatigue resistance than type IIb
Swimming and bicycling

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Type IIx fibers

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Rapid contraction time
Innervated by alpha motor units
Large neuron to fiber ratios
Sprinting, jumping, weightlifting

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Tension generation

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Determined by size and number of motor units recruited

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Order of motor unit activation

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Type I
Type IIa
Type IIb

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Asynchronous activation

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Activation is temporarily spaced but summed with all preceding motor unit activity

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Synchronous activation

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Large and small motor units activated together
Ballistic movements, adaptation from weight training

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Frequency coding

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High frequency can induce high tension production (rate coding)

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Sensory neurons

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Neurons that carry impulses to CNS

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Reflex

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Involuntary response to stimuli

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Monosynaptic reflex arc

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When sensory neuron is stimulated, it facilitates the stimulation of a spinal motor neuron

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Myotatic reflex

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Causes contraction of a muscle being stretched
Also called stretch reflex

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Flexor reflex

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Initiated by painful stimulus
Causes quick withdrawal/flexion of the limb

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Cutaneous reflex

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Causes relaxation of muscle with heat or massage

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Priopriospinal reflexes

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Reflexes processed on both sides and at different levels of the spinal cord

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Crossed extensor reflex

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Causes extension of flexed limb when contralateral limb rapidly flexes

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Tonic neck reflex

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Causes flexion or extension of the limbs when head flexes or extends, respectively

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Supraspinal reflexes

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Reflexes brought into the spinal cord but processed by brain

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Labyrinthine righting reflex

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Causes body to return head to neutral position when body is tilted or spun

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Proprioceptors

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Main sensory receptors for muscle
Sense change in joint position muscle length, or muscle tension

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Muscle spindle

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Monitors muscle stretch

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Intrafusal fibers

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Fibers inside the muscle spindle

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Nuclear bag fibers

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Intrafusal fibers with a large clustering of nuclei in the center
Type Ia afferent neurons exit from middle portion of this fiber
Auto-excitatory
Contractile capability of the spindles

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Gamma motor neuron

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Innervates contractile ends of muscle spindle
Indirectly enhance alpha motor neuron excitation

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Gamma bias

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Readjustment of muscle spindle length by contracting ends of Intrafusal fiber

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Gamma loop

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Reflex arc that works with stretch reflex
Include afferent, gamma, and alpha pathways

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Nuclear chain

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Primary afferent
Type Ia
Respond to stretch by initiating stretch reflex
Secondary afferent
Type II
Facilitate flexors and inhibit extensor activity

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Nuclear chain fiber

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Intrafusal fiber with nuclei arranged in rows

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Stretch reflex

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Facilitates contraction of a muscle being stretched

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Autogenic facilitation

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Internally generated excitation of the alpha motor neurons through stretch or other input

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Reciprocal inhibition

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Relaxation of antagonist while agonists produce joint action

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Golgi Tendon Organ (GTO)

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Monitors muscle tension

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Extrafusal fibers (GTO)

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Fibers outside of the muscle spindle

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Inverse stretch reflex (GTO)

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Initiated by high tension in muscle
Inhibits contraction of muscle via GTO
Causes relaxation of a vigorously contracting muscle

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Myotendinous junction

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Attached to muscle fibers, thus more sensitive to contraction than stretch

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Ballistic

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Activate muscle spindles which elicits a stretch reflex

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Static

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If static position achieved slowly then can minimize muscle spindle response

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Is static or ballistic better?

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Static is better than ballistic

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Ruffini ending

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Sensory receptor in joint capsule that responds to change in joint position and velocity

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Pacinian corpuscle

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Sensory receptor in skin stimulated by pressure and pain

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Active ROM

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Degree I’d motion occurring at joint due to voluntary contraction of agonist

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Passive ROM

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Degree of motion occurring at joint due to external ,manipulation
Gravity, manual resistance

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Restrictions to ROM

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Soft tissue surrounding joint
Connective tissue surrounding muscle
Ligaments
Bony structures
Stretch reflex
Inverse stretch reflex

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Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)

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Incorporates combination sequences of contraction and relaxation
Often used in rehabilitation settings
Takes advantage of the response of the proprioceptors

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Polymetric Training

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Purpose is to improve velocity of performance
Rapid stretching through limited ROM immediately followed by rapid contraction of the same muscle

Biomechanics (3 decks)

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