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First-order neruons



Choose an answer



1 between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs ?



2 The somatic nervous system only sends impulses to _____ muscles



3 These neurons conduct impulses from somatic receptors into the brain or spinal cord



Low blood levels of glucocorticoids (mainly cortisol) stimulate neruosecratory cells in
4 the __________ to secret cortictropin releasing hormone whikch promtoes the release
of ACTH from the __________

,between the origin and insertion Origin
which is usually located proximally in
limbs ?


What happens during REVERSE specific movements of the body the actions are
MUSCLE ACTION? reversed THEREFOR the positions of the origin and
insertion of a muscle are switched


What is a mechanical advantage if the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is
using the example of a lever? farther from the fulcrum only a small about of
effort is needed to move the load


Bones serve as levers and joints fulcrum
serve as _____ for the lever


Agonist (Prime Movers) _________ contract, relax
muscles while antagonist ____________
muscles


What are muscles that contract and synergists
stabilize the intermediate joints
called?


What is a group of skeletal muscles, Compartment
their blood vessels, and nerves
called?


Origin an insertion of the masseter Origin = maxilla and zygomatic arch
Insertion = angle and ramus of the mandible

, What is the origin of the deltoid ? acromial extremity of clavicle, acromion, and spine
of scapula


What are the 3 muscles that make up semimebranosous, semitendinosus, biceps femoris
the hamstring ?




What 4 muscles make up the Quads rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis,
? vastus intermedialis




What do you call a small mass of Ganglia
nervous tissue that is made up
primarily of neuron cell bodies?


The somatic nervous system only skeletal
sends impulses to ______ muscles


Fight or Flight is associated with Sympathetic
which division of the autonomic
nervous system?


What is the ability to respond to a electrical excitability
stimulus and convert it into an action
potential?

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