Movement Control

Movement is arguably the most fundamental and important function of the nervous system. Purposive movement requires the coordination of actions within many areas of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, basal ganglia, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves and sensory receptors, which together must control a highly complex biomechanical apparatus made up of the skeleton and muscles. Beginning at the level of biomechanics and spinal reflexes and proceeding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052145607X
• ISBN13: 9780521456074
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.0"