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The Musculoskeletal System
1. Describe the different functions of the bones
2. What are the differences between the axial and the appendicular skeleton bones?
3. Define the structures of the bones and their function.
4. What is remodelling and how does it occur? How does it change with age?
5. Outline the layers of the synovial joint and their function.
6. Provide six features of the Skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle fibers
7. Draw and label the different parts of a skeletal muckle group
8. Define the following structures: muscle fiber, T-Tubule, Sarcolemma, Sarcomere, thick and thin tubules, sarcoplasmic reticulum stores, terminal cisterna, Actin, Nebulin, Myosin and Titin.
9. What is the relation between muscle tension, force, load and contraction? Explain your answer
10. Describe the pathway of the electrical impulse from the central nervous system to the contraction of a muscle (Somatic Neuron pathway)
11. Name the different receptors involved on this pathway and describe their function.
12. How does the process of excitation-contraction-coupling and relaxation help body movement? Explain your answer.