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- 1 What part of the nervous system controls skeletal muscle?
- 2 Which conducts impulses to the skeletal muscles?
- 3 What components of the nervous system are involved in skeletal muscle movement How does motor impulse move throughout the body?
- 4 Which type of neuron conducts the impulse from the receptor to the spinal cord?
What part of the nervous system controls skeletal muscle?
The somatic nervous system
The somatic nervous system is a component of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of the body movements via the use of skeletal muscles.
What components of the nervous system are involved in skeletal movement?
The somatic nervous system (SNS), or voluntary nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements via skeletal muscles.
Which nerves conduct impulses from body parts and carry sensory information to the brain?
Sensory nerve fibers carry sensory information (about body position, light, touch, temperature, and pain) to the brain from other parts of the body. The sensory nerve fibers in each sensory nerve root carry information from a specific area of the body, called a dermatome (see figure Dermatomes.
Which conducts impulses to the skeletal muscles?
The first is the somatic nervous system, which conducts impulses from the brain and spinal cord to skeletal muscle, thereby causing us to respond or react to changes in our external environment.
How does a motor impulse move throughout the body?
Muscles move on commands from the brain. Single nerve cells in the spinal cord, called motor neurons, are the only way the brain connects to muscles. When a motor neuron inside the spinal cord fires, an impulse goes out from it to the muscles on a long, very thin extension of that single cell called an axon.
Which portion of a reflex arc is the only portion that is found entirely within the CNS?
interneuron
The (d) interneuron is most likely to be located entirely within the central nervous system.
What components of the nervous system are involved in skeletal muscle movement How does motor impulse move throughout the body?
Which part of the nervous system takes in information from the environment?
The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) The peripheral nervous system connects the central nervous system to environmental stimuli to gather sensory input and create motor output.
What nervous system conducts impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the skeletal muscles?
The somatic nervous system, also called the somatomotor or somatic efferent nervous system, supplies motor impulses to the skeletal muscles.
Which type of neuron conducts the impulse from the receptor to the spinal cord?
function. A sensory neuron transmits impulses from a receptor, such as those in the eye or ear, to a more central location in the nervous system, such as the spinal cord or brain. A motor neuron transmits impulses from a central area of the nervous system to…
What are the steps of a nerve impulse?
The action potential travels rapidly down the neuron’s axon as an electric current and occurs in three stages: Depolarization, Repolarization and Recovery. A nerve impulse is transmitted to another cell at either an electrical or a chemical synapse .