Biomedical Engineering: Human Function and Its Measurement
Assignment #2
Skeletal Neuromuscular System
1. Describe the structure, organization and functioning of skeletal muscle fibres.
2. Describe the structure, organization and functioning of motor units.
3. Describe a neuromuscular junction and explain how it works. Include in your explanation a discussion of why chemically-based neuromuscular junctions are necessary.
4. Explain how the force of a muscle contraction is controlled.
Assignment due Wednesday January 26, 2000