Neuromuscular quiz!

what results in the stimulation of the one neurone in a motor unit?

simultaneous contraction
what does NMJ stand for?

neuromuscular junction
name the two different types of filaments?

thick and thin
what are muscle spindles?

sensorimotor organs
what name is given to the tiny gap as a nerve impulse passes from one to the other

synapse
each neuromuscular junction consists of what?

axon terminal of a motor neuron and motor end plate
what happens to the intrafusal cells when they detect a change in muscle length?

reflexively stimulate a muscle contraction
each synaptic end bulb contains many what?

synaptic vesicles
the area between the axon terminal and the sarcolemma is called the?

synaptic cleft
the long processes of neurones are called?

Axons

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Neuromuscular quiz!

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2012-02-21T14:40:59Z

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