In what way does the nervous system connect to skeletomuscular?
The nervous system connects to the skeletomuscular system through the neuromuscular junction.
- The neuromuscular junction is a chemical synapse between a motor neuron (a nerve cell that controls muscle contraction) and a skeletal muscle fiber.
- When an action potential reaches the end of a motor neuron, it causes the release of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine (ACh).
- ACh binds to receptors on the muscle fiber, which causes the muscle fiber to contract.
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