KINE 3020 Lecture : Skilled Performance and Motor Learning Lecture Notes.docx
27 Oct 2013
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Human motor control: is the study of postures and movements and the mechanisms that underlie them. Human movement: walk, talk, sing, smile, play sports, musical instruments, use tools, computers, drive cars, machines. Even simple behavior use many parts of the brain. Many motor control areas involved in returning the ball. Topic 1 introduction to the nervous system. Central nervous system(cns): brain and spinal cord. Peripheral nervous system (pns): peripheral nerves and ganglia: outside spinal column, pns brings information to the cns. Cns and pns: separated anatomically but are functionally interconnected: they work together. Somatic (body movements) information to/from the cns about muscle and limb position and the external environment touch, hearing, sight. Motor system for viscera, smooth muscle and exocrine glands. Has 2 more subdivision: sympathetic and parasympathetic. Sympathetic is responsible for the flight or fight response. Parasympathetic is responsible for digestion processes at rest.
