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FUNDAMENTAL CH 34

ACTIVITY

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ROLE OF SKELETAL SYSTEM SUPPORTS SOFT TISSUES, PROTECTS CRUCIAL COMPONENTS, FURNISHES SURFACES FOR ATTACHMENT MUSCLES, TENDONS, LIGAMENTS, PROVIDES STORAGE AREAS, PRODUCES BLOOD CEELLS
FREELY MOVABLE JOINTS BALL AND SOCKET, CONDYLOID, GLIDING, HINGE, PIVOT, SADDLE
LONG BONES UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES
SHORT BONES WRIST AND ANKLES
FLAT BONES RIBS AND SKULL BONES
IRREGULAR BONES SPINAL COLUMN AND JAW
IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF MUSCLES MOTION, MAINTENANCE OF POSTURE, SUPPORT, HEAT PRODUCTION
EFFECT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM ON MUSCLE CONTRACTION NEURONS CONDUCT IMPULSES , AFFERENT NERVOUS SYSTME CONVEYS INFO FROM RECEPTS IN THE PERIPHERY TO THE CNS, INFO IS PROCESSED -> TO RESPONSE, AND EFFERENT NEURONS CONVEY THE RESPONSE FROM THE CNS TO SKELETAL MUSCLES BY THE WAY OF SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
ERGONOMICS PRACTICE OF DESIGNING EQUIPMENT AND WORK TASKS TO CONFIRM TO THE CAPACITY OF THE WORKER
ORTHOPEDICS CORRECTION OR PREVENTION OF DISORDERS OF BODY STRUCTURES USED IN LOCOMOTION
ISOTONIC MUSCLE SHORTENING AND ACTIVE MOVEMENT
ISOMETRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION WITHOUT SHORTENING
ISOKINETIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION WITH RESISTANCE
AEROBIC EXERCISE SUSTAINED MUSCLE MOVEMENTS THAT INCREASE BLOOD FLOW, HEART RATE, AND METABOLIC DEMAND FOR OXYGEN OVER TIME, PROMOTING CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING
FLACCIDITY HYPOTONICITY, DECREASED MUSCLE TONE
SPASTICITY HYPERTONICITY, INCREASED TONE THAT INTERFERES WITH MOVEMENT. STIFFNESS, TIGHTNESS, OR PULLING OF THE MUSCLE
PARESIS IMPAIRED MUSLCE STRENGHT OR WEAKNESS
PARALYSIS ABSENCE OF STRENGTH SECONDARY TO NERVOUS IMPAIRMENT
MECHANICAL AIDS FOR WALKING WALKER, CANE, BRACES, CRUTCHES
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