MODULE 7 · CONCLUSION & ASSESSMENT
Never deconditioned, never depressed
You now hold muscle from sarcomere to metabolismThe sum of all chemical reactions in the body., the neuromuscular junctionThe connection between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber., and the calcium that switches it all on. Here we read her muscle history as one metabolic process and strip out a genuine red herring.
Why rest never fixed the exhaustion
Deconditioning improves with training and depression improves with treatment. Stina’s exhaustion tracked her fevers, arrived with them and left with them, and did neither.
During a flare, IL-1β and IL-6 shift the whole body toward catabolismThe metabolic process that breaks down molecules to release energy.: muscle protein is broken down for fuel while the cytokines themselves produce pain and weakness. The statin trial layered a real but separate insult on top — worth naming precisely so it stops confusing the picture.
DECONDITIONING
A capacity problem
Predictable with exertion, improves with graded training, indifferent to fever and unaccompanied by markers.
CYTOKINE-DRIVEN MYALGIA
A signalling problem
Arrives with the fever and leaves with it. Rest does not touch it, and it comes with a measurable acute-phase response.
Chart Clue #7 — logged
CLUE #7
IL-1β/IL-6-driven Metabolic Exhaustion
Six muscle complaints, one metabolic process. This entry joins the diagnostic timeline the whole course is assembling.
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Check everything from Module 7
These activities assess the module as a whole — every part, not just one. Work down from low-stakes self-check to the graded quiz, then consolidate. Each H5P box below is waiting for its shortcode id.
Tier 1 · Self-check — warm up, ungraded
DIALOG CARDS · All parts
Module 7 Flashcards: Term → Meaning
Flip every core term the module introduced, in both directions.
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FIND THE WORDS · All parts
Module 7 Word Search
Recognize the module’s vocabulary in a grid — a painless first pass.
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CROSSWORD · All parts
Module 7 Terms Crossword
Definitions to terms across the whole module’s vocabulary.
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MEMORY GAME · All parts
Match the Structure to Its Function
Pair each structure this module built with what it actually does.
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Tier 2 · Graded — the module quiz
QUESTION SET · All parts
Module 7 Mixed Review
A mixed check drawing one or two questions from every part.
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QUESTION SET · All parts
Module 7 Image Check
Picture questions — identify structures on diagrams and slides.
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Tier 3 · Consolidate — lock in the big ideas
SUMMARY · All parts
Module 7 Key Takeaways
Choose the statement that survives scrutiny in each set.
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DRAG THE WORDS · Part 7
The Distinction in One Sentence
Rebuild the sentence that separates deconditioning from cytokine-driven myalgia.
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Where this goes next
Module 8 — Nervous Tissue & the Senses. A car accident gave everyone a reason for her leg pain. But the numbness had been creeping in for a year before it, explained away as bad shoes. This module builds nervous tissue and reads a symmetric sensory neuropathy hiding in plain sight. Begin Module 8 →
List of terms
- metabolism
- neuromuscular junction
- catabolism