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The body's ability to to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of the body

Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we are on.

Mechanoreceptors

specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to sensory nerves.

Muscle Spindles

sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and are sensitive to change in muscle length. Spindles stretch with muscle and sends information to CNS.

helps to prevent muscles from stretching too far or too fast

Golgi Tendon Organs

sensory receptors that are located at the point where the skeletal muscle fibers insert into the tendon. Sensitive to change in tension at the rate of change

causes the muscle to relax

connective tissue UNDER fascia that acts as an outer layer of the whole muscle

connective tissue acts as an outer layer of fascicles

between the individual muscle fibers

Type 1 Muscle Fiber

"slow-twitch", smaller in size, lessforce produced, long-term contractions (stabilization)

Type 2 Muscle Fiber

fast twitch, larger, quick to fatigue, force and power exercises

PRIME MOVER, main muscles
ex: chest press-> pectoralis major

ASSIST PRIME MOVER,
ex: chest press -> ant deltoid, triceps

stabilizes while prime mover and assist work.
chest press -> rotator cuff

Oppose Prime mover,
chest press -> posterior delt

gather DEOXGENATED blood returning to the heart from ENTIRE BODY

gathers OXYGENATED blood coming from the LUNGS