Electrical Station 4.1
Communications Module

Electrical Systems in Health Fields

Action Potentials and Muscle Contraction

arm muscle

In this lab’s module you learned about action potentials and muscle contractions.

  1. Module Goal:  To improve reading and writing skills as well as apply medical terms and concepts related to the electrical system which includes the brain and nervous system and how they cause muscle contraction.
  2. Materials Required:  Computer with fast Internet connectivity.
  3. Applied Objectives:  In completing this unit, you will...
  4.  Pre-requisite knowledge- 6th grade reading level.
  5.  Applied Terminology:  Many new medical terms have been introduced throughout this module.  You will learn their meaning by breaking them into their parts, and then practice using them in different forms of sentences and in writing exercises.

percentage icon Graded by specific performance criteria in the rubric.
rubric iconGraded by % of correctness of your work. 
Choice of 5 iconGraded by completion and submission
REMEMBER: To get credit for the Communications Lab, your coach needs to check the activities marked with the % and Rubric icons.  You need to get at least 80% on both activities. You, also, need to show proof that you did at least five of the activities marked with the ‘5’ icon.
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In this lab’s module, you learned how the brain tells our muscles to contract.  You also learned about the nervous system and neurons.    

REFLECTION
Talk with your coach or another classmate about the following questions.  If no one else is around, write your short answers and share with your coach the next time you see him/her.

  1. How does our brain tell our muscles to contract?
  2. What makes up the central nervous system?
  3. What do you know about muscle fatigue?

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