Describe (not just define!) the functional unit called a motor unit. Explain the relationship between motor unit size in finely vs. coarsely controlled muscles. Explain how motor units act to establish muscle tone. What are the functions of muscle tone? Motor Unit- One motor neuron and all the muscles it innervates. Each muscle will respond to one motor nerve which contains axons that can have up to 100’s of neurons that branch into terminals that form NMJ with ONE fiber. When a motor neuron sends
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Carol Mas BIO 201 Professor Washo-Krupps February 16‚ 2017 Motor Unit Recruitment and Muscle Fatigue Lab Introduction Human skeletal muscles are made up of hundreds of cylindrically-shaped cells called myofibers‚ and they are bound together by connective tissue. These muscles are stimulated to contract by somatic motor nerves‚ or motor neurons‚ that carry signals in the form of nerve impulses from the brain or spinal cord‚ to the skeletal muscles. Although a motor neuron can innervate several fibers
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Bio 201: Human Anatomy and Physiology I Muscle Physiology Protocol I. Goals for this lab A. To increase your understanding of muscle physiology - tonus‚ motor unit recruitment and fatigue. B. Learn how to conduct and analyze an EMG (electromyogram) C. To gain more experience with the scientific method‚ experimental design‚ making predictions‚ critical analysis of results‚ and interpretation of your results. II. Introduction Human skeletal muscle consists of hundreds of individual
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Activity 1 – The Muscle Twitch and Latent 1) Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber‚ motor unit‚ skeletal muscle twitch‚ electrical stimulus‚ and latent period. Skeletal Muscle Fiber: Skeletal muscle cells that are composed of hundreds to thousands of individual cells that produce muscle tension. These fibers are what move our bodies and generate muscle tension/force that enables us to have manual dexterity. Motor unit: consists of one motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers that
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Introduction The human body is made up of three different muscle types cardiac‚ smooth‚ and skeletal muscle. For this particular experiment the primary focus was skeletal muscle‚ which accounts for about 36% to 45% of total body weight and involves the integration of more than 600 different muscles (WordPress‚ 2006). Skeletal muscle contains many unique properties such as; elasticity and extensibility which allows a muscle to be stretched and return to its original state when not in use. Additionally
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The nervous system is always in control of all activities during movement. When a neurotransmitter or message is sent for movement to occur‚ your body releases energy‚ in the form of adenosine triphosphate (A.T.P.). A.T.P causes the contraction or shortening of skeletal muscle. Muscles contract and shorten and as a result of this they are responsible for the movement of the body. In order to have movement the body needs ligaments‚ tendons muscles‚ joints‚ bones and the neurotransmitter or message
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Muscle contractions are due to the sliding-filament model where the filaments slide longitudinally past each other producing an overlap between thin and thick filaments. The sliding filaments rely on the reaction between actin and myosin. Calcium ions bind to the troponin complex on the actin filaments and cause the tropomyosin to change the orientation of the actin filament to expose the myosin head binding sites on the actin filament. Glycolysis and aerobic respiration generate adenosine triphosphate
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Task 3: Does stretching before exercise could prevent injury? According to Brad Walker (2014‚ September)‚ stretching‚ as it relates to physical health and fitness‚ is “the process of placing particular parts of the body into a position that will lengthen or elongate the muscle and associated soft tissue”. A regular stretching program lead a number of changes begin to occur within the body and specifically within the muscles. Other tissues that begin to adapt to the stretching process include the
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Synthesis Paper Introduction Exercise can be very challenging to commit to. As a young adult my ideas and hopes were to always begin and maintain a routine that would help me to stay active and healthy. I regretfully report that I have not yet committed to this effort. In high school‚ I ran with the track team and was faithful the Reserve Officer Training Corps which helped me to stay in shape and remain fit with much effort. This was just a part of my life and I enjoyed it
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Exercise 2: Skeletal Muscle Physiology Worksheet Single Stimulus Activity 1: Identifying the Latent Period 1. How long is the latent period? 2.78 msec 2. Does the latent period change with different stimulus voltages?No Activity 2: Identifying the Threshold Voltage 1. What do you see in the Active Force display?I saw a very slight peak at .8 2. What is the threshold voltage? .8 V 3. How does the graph generated at the threshold voltage differ from the graphs generated
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