Neuromuscular System

Question 1

What is the Neuromuscular system

Answer 1

Is where the nervous system and the muscles work together to allow movement. Changes in the neuromuscular system take place before, during and after exercise. These changes prepare the body for exercise and allow for the changing demands of different intensities

Question 2

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 2

Part of the peripheral nervous system and it prepares the body for exercise and is often referred to as the ‘fight or flight response’

Question 3

parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 3

Part of the peripheral nervous system and it has the opposite effect to the sympathetic as it relaxes the body and slows down many high energy functions- ‘rest and relax