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Which mechanoreceptor is sensitive to changes in muscular tension and rate of that tension change, causing the muscle to relax, which prevents the muscle from excessive stress and possible injury?

golgi tendons

Which system puts the body into a relaxed state, termed rest and digest?

Parasympathetic nervous system

When a gymnast balances on a beam, they are aware of their body's general orientation and the relative position of its parts. This is due to which key sensory function?

Proprioception

What are the two components of the central nervous system?

The brain and spinal cord

What is the name for projections protruding from the bone to which tendons and ligaments attach?

processes

What best describes the all-or-nothing principle?

A motor unit will either contract maximally or not at all.

What are the two categories of bone markings?

Depressions and processes

What is the concept that describes the human body as a chain of interdependent links that work together to perform movement?

kinetic chain

What is the fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone?

ligament

Human movement is accomplished through the functional integration of three systems within the human body: the nervous system, the skeletal system, and what other system?

muscular


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