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Motor 1. All Movement Involves the rotation of Skeletal Joints. Joints can rotate along: One axis (knee) Two axes (wrist) Three axes (hip). Muscles only Generate force When they Contract. So muscles are always Arranged in pairs for Rotating joints in both directions.
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All Movement Involves the rotation of Skeletal Joints • Joints can rotate along: • One axis (knee) • Two axes (wrist) • Three axes (hip)
Muscles only Generate force When they Contract So muscles are always Arranged in pairs for Rotating joints in both directions Note tendons which Attach muscles to the skeleton
Muscles Contract in Response to Acetyl Choline Cholinergic Motor neurons make these connections
Muscles themselves are Made of fibers Each fiber contracts In response to Ach induced depolarization
Muscles Have Heterogenous Properties Twitch Contractions
Motor Units are Homogenous by Fiber Type Fiber Types are Adaptive
Conduction Velocities of Alpha-MN Axons soleus Gastroc.
Muscles also have sensory transducers Imbedded in them Stretch receptors (also Called spindles) have A firing rate that Indicates muscle length
A pool of motor neurons In the spinal cord Serves each muscle These pools form a Topographic map (sort of)