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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Graham Greene always believed that at a point in a child’s life‚ an experience takes place that changes the child in a major way. This is clearly seen in ’The Hint of an Explanation’‚ a dialogue between a child and a man (who we realize is a priest at the end)‚ who recounts a childhood experience‚ which to him‚ contains a ’hint’ that God exists. As a child‚ he used to serve at the mass‚ which was a ’routine like drill’‚ never taken seriously‚ and only a cause of embarrassment. This was soon to change
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Martha Graham commonly know as the ‘mother of modern dance’ Martha graham: The Mother Of Modern Dance (Biography)‚ was born in Allegheny‚ Pennsylvania in 1894. Graham’s father was a doctor who used physical movement to remedy nervous disorders. His work inspired Martha to incorporate her own style‚ she had also grown up watching ballet and the combination of both had developed her love for the arts. She eventually went to study dance in L.A where she joined the dance school ‘Denishaw’. Graham then
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Matthew Arnold’s use of diction and imagery reveal the overall pessimistic tone of the poem. The use of diction brings the reader toward two separate tones‚ yet they uniquely contribute to general feeling of pessimism that Matthew Arnold portrays. In the first stanza‚ the "calm" sea brings a feeling of peacefulness. Since it is not turbulent‚ but rather serene and still‚ the calmness of the sea evokes feelings of harmony. This tone is set to show the value and possibilities of a peaceful life‚ portrayed
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Tone Assignment Peter Sigouin Ka-Ching! Margaret Atwood ENG4U In Margaret Atwood’s Ka-Ching!‚ the dominant tone of the passage is nostalgic and contemplative. When Atwood describes her first job‚ working for a small hotel coffee shop‚ she refers to it as being a clean‚ well-lighted‚ with booths‚ counters and waitresses. She is looking back on what seemed to be a poor experience. The basis of the Machiavellian characteristics was to do whatever it took to gain
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Mood Disorders You never know why a person does the things they or even what has cause them to be the person that they are. For example‚ you might never have known that famous people like Drew Carey‚ Jim Carrey‚ Sheryl Crow‚ even Pablo Picasso have depressive disorders. By reading‚ you will get an insight‚ if any‚ on mood disorders‚ along with how I found a relation in my personal life. As well as something relating to what I like to do in my free time. Mood disorders are fairly attention-grabbing;
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How weather effect your mood? Weather can have more than a little impact on your mood. Researchers in Germany branched out beyond just sunny and cloudy and looked at temperature‚ wind‚ sunlight‚ rain and snow‚ air pressure‚ and how long the days were. The study was led by Jaap Denissen of Humboldt University in Berlin. The study had 1‚233 participants‚ all living in Germany at the time. Most of the participants were women‚ the average age was 28‚ with ages spanning from 13 to 68 years old. Study
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tribulations until she finds true love and achieves an almost nirvana-like state of being. The manner‚ in which Charlotte Bronte writes‚ her tone and diction especially‚ lends its self to the many purposes of the novel. The diction of Bronte usually had characteristics of gothic culture and showed the usually negative and angry inner thoughts of Jane. The tone of the novel was there sympathetic towards Jane and displayed her as an intelligent and kind person who has been given a terrible lot in life
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reat gatsby Tone and Diction In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Mr. Jay Gatsby had once fallen in love with a young woman that he was soon to be taken away from by the war and by her family who told her to be involved with a rich and successful man not Mr. Gatsby. Five years later Gatsby recognizes this woman’s name in the paper and learns that she is now married to a “rich and successful” man named Tom Buchanan. Gatsby is then blessed with a new neighbor‚ Nick‚ who is cousins
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Jealousy and sadness are some of the most raw and primal feelings in the human arsenal. In Shakespeare’s sonnet 29 these emotions are presented though a man struggling with his lonesome and desolate life. The speaker in this sonnet begins by complaining about his life and envying other men but halfway through the poem there is a crucial change and he seems as though he is a completely new person. The speaker in sonnet 29 uses the theme of God’s wrath‚ exaggerated diction‚ and self-pity to illustrate
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