2/23/09

Neural Control of Movement: 3) Project

Create a product (animated,cartoon,movie,creative short story,comic,etc) that explains how each of the following key ideas allows or is part of a specific movement of your choice. The following are not in any order and in fact, all of them but particularly the first 7 topics, are very much interrelated. Grading will be: 3 pts/each topic for content, 1 pt/each topic for a visual diagram, 5pts total for visual/mechanics for a total score out of 37 pts.

  • CNS & PNS (how they communicate/work together to allow movement(reflex arc))
  • Depolarization (of neuron cell membrane/cell body)
  • Neuromuscular junction
  • Neurotransmitters (specifically ACh)
  • Twitch characteristics (fast vs. slow twitch)
  • Muscle spindles and golgi tendon organs (keep this general)
  • Neuromuscular fatigue
  • Motor Unit/Neural Plasticity

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