Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine May 2018 Vol 3 Issue 2

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the head. The eyes slowly glaze over, as the lower lip becomes drugs? NO, this apparent sedation is the effect of changes that occur from the stimulation of the muscle cells that increases circulation and blood flow that carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells, stimulates the nerve cells that send the message to muscle cells to contract and do their job. Some muscles (skeletal muscles) will not contract unless stimulated by neurons; other muscles (smooth & cardiac) will contract without nervous stimulation but their contraction can be influenced by the nervous system. Thus, the nervous and muscle systems

are closely interconnected. I have attached two YouTube

Neuromuscular junction in health and disease. British Journal of Anaesthesia 99: 132- 138. Next issue: Introduce Ting Point Holistic Therapy using a multi-frequency system and Acupuncture points that we are using in rehabilitation with great success.

videos to give insight on this amazing process. The nervous system 'communicates' with muscle via neuromuscular (also called myoneural) junctions. These junctions (Figure 1) work very much like a synapse between neurons (neuromuscular junction video). Source: Hirsch, N. P. 2007.

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