BASIC EXERCISE SCIENCE

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN MOVEMENT

• human movement → functional integration of 3 system in human body
◦ nervous system
◦ skeletal system
◦ muscular system
• nerve, joint, muscle work together → produce human movement (kinetic
chain)

NERVOUS SYSTEM
• network of neurons (specialized cells) that
Training body's proprioception improves balance,
transmit and coordinate signals Coordination, posture, and enable body to adapt
→ communication network in the body -proprioception: body's ability to
• Divide into 2 parts: Sense relative positions of adjacent
1. Central Nervous System (CNS) Body parts.
2. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
• Primary Functions
1. Sensory: ability of nervous system to sense change in internal and
external environment
2. Integrative function: ability of nervous system to analyze and interpret
sensory information
3. Motor function: neuromuscular response to the sensory information
• Anatomy of the Nervous System
◦ neuron: functional unit of nervous system
▪ specialized cell process and transmits info through electrical and
chemical signals
▪ form core of nervous system including:
• brain
• spinal cord
• peripheral ganglia
▪ 3 MAIN PARTS
1. cell body (soma): contain a nucleus and other organelles
(lysosomes, mitochondria, and Golgi complex)
2. axon: cylindrical projection from cell body transmit nervous
impulses to other neurons or effector sites