Neuromuscular Response To Exercise / 3 Flashcards
represents the interface between the end of a myelinated motor neuron and muscle fiber
nmj
nmj transmits the blank to initiate muscle action
nerve impulse
t tubule causes blank release from the sr
calcium
calcium binds to blank and blank during muscle contraction in blank
troponin, tropomyosin, actin
after cross bridge forms, blank breaks it
atp
after contraction, calcium goes to blank
sr
number of blank per motor neuron generally relates to a muscles particular movement function
muscle fibers
motor unit consists of the blank motor neuron and the fibers it innervates
anterior
each muscle fiber receives input from blank neurons
one
a motor neuron can innervate blank muscles
many
nerve fiber groups
alpha, beta, delta, c nerve
the blank of a nerve fiber dictates the speed of neural transmission within the fiber
thickness
motor unit contains blank muscle fiber types
1
three classification properties of motor units and the fibers they innervate
twitch, tension, fatigability
slow twitch fibers have blank force
low
type 2a muscle fibers are blank resistant and blank force
fatigue, moderate
type 2b muscle fibers are blank force
high
motor neurons have a blank effect on the muscle fibers
stimulating
A stimulus strong enough to trigger an action potential in the motor neuron activates all of the accompanying muscle fibers in the motor unit to contract synchronously
all or none
adding on action potential onto another
temporal summation
The force of muscle action varies from slight to maximal via two mechanisms
increased number of motor units recruited, increased frequency of motor unit discharge
motor unit recruitement describes adding motor units to increase blank
muscle force
As muscle force requirements increase, motor neurons are recruited with progressively larger
axons
blank motor units with low thresholds stimulates first during light activities
slow twitch
strength gains can be seen after blank training sessions
one
mostly blank adaptation accounts for changes in strength over first three weeks
neural
increased neural drive begins in blank
motor cortex
one cannot recruit all blank during a task
motor units
Resistance training causes what to happen to motor unit activation (4)
- Increase in the number of motor units recruited
- Increase in motor unit firing rate
- Increased potential for motor unit “synchronization”
- Reduction in co-activation of antagonist muscles