BECOM Exam #5 (Week 3) Flashcards
Lower motor neuron:
Alpha motor neurons
Gamma motor neurons
INNERVATE was fibers
Lower motor neuron:
Alpha motor fibers -> innervate extrafusal fibers
Gamma motor fibers -> innervate intrafusal fibers (polar ends)
Alpha motor neurons consist of two types and what they innervate (large vs small)
Large motor neuron = fast twitch muscles (high force/velocity)
Small motor neuron = slow twitch muscles (postural, endurance)
intrafusal fiber types and afferent neuron type
Nuclear bag fibers: Large number of nuclei packed in middle portion
-Type Ia afferent -> faster response
Nuclear chain fibers
-Type Ia and type II afferent -> slower response
stretch reflex pathwaw
intrafusal fibers stretched –> Type Ia or type II afferent fiber to spinal cord –>
Efferent response:
- Alpha -> all muscel fibers
- Gamma -> tip (polar regions of fiber)
- contract polar part of intrafusal fibers causes stretch of fibers -> keeps sensitivity
AND
alpha efferent inhibition to antagonist muscle
Dynamic myotatic reflex vs. Static (tonic) myotatic reflex
- define
- afferent fibers
Dynamic myotatic reflex: strong, fast reaction causing sudden contraction of the whole muscle and opposes sudden lengthening of the muscles
-type Ia afferent fibers
Static (tonic) myotatic reflex: slower and weaker than dynamic stretch important for posture and muscle tone
-type Ia and type II afferent fibers
Inverse myotatic reflex (Glogi tendon reflex)
- normal situation
- extreme situation
Stretching of golgi tendon -> inhibition to same muscle that got stretched and excitation of opposite muscle
-allows find control
In extreme cases (caring something heavy) Golgi tendon will cause relaxation of entire muscle to protect the muscle from tearing
Flexor withdrawal reflex
Harmful stimulus
Ipsilateral side:
Flexion activate
extension inhibited
Contralateral side:
flexion inhibited
extension activated
-also used in walking
Afterdischarge
keep muscle contraction for a little bit longer time
-cross extension lasts longer than flexion -> keep balance
Central pattern generator
produces the alternating contractions of limb flexors and extensors even with the connection to brain cut
- response must be located in spinal cord
- sensory input is important for fine tuning of motion but not for gross movement
- important in infants and paraplegic individuals
Supplementary motor area (SMA) use
- bimanual tasks
- skilled movements
- responsible for planning movements
- together with the premotor areas -> complicated movement program
Premotor cortex
- contains MIRROR neurons
- together with the SMA -> complicated movement program
Motor apraxia
- disorder of the execution of learned movements, not due to weakness, loss or coordination, or sensory loss.
- can lead to inability to organize actions (example putting clothes on wrong part of body)
Unilateral lesions in corticobulbar tract
VII unilateral lesion -> opposite side lower face
XI unilateral lesion > tongue pulls towards side of lesion
Posterior limb of internal capsule lesion
- area where corticospinal tract runs through brain
- loss of contralateral fine motor control
Pyramidal tract (upper motor neurons from corticospinal tract or corticobulbar) control
- open and close the spinal reflex arc
- pyramidal tract controls the flexors
- in paraplegia, exaggerated planterflexion (foot it extended bc flexion is lost from corticospinal tract)
Corticorubrospinal tract
Serves as alternative pathway for transmitting cortical signals to the spinal cord that causes contraction of muscle groups (gross movement)
- cortex -> red nucleus -> spinal cord
- lacks fine control
Reticulospinal tract tract pontine vs medullary control
Posture
Pontine: PEM
-excitatory
-lateral
Medullary: MIL
- inhibitory
- lateral
Tectospinal tract (inferior and superior colliculus)
superior colliculus receives input from retina and the frontal eye field -> conjugate eye movements and reflex movement towards moving object
Auditory stimuli reach the superior colliculus via the inferior colliculus -> auditory reflex towards source of stimulus
Head angular acceleration (head rotation) is detected by
semicircular canals (ampula)
Head linear acceleration (translational motion and gravity)
- forward/backward acceleration
- nodding up and down
- GRAVITY
saccule and utricle (macula)
initial movement vs. sudden stop in ampulla
initial movement: depolarization
sudden stop: hyperpolarization
*slightly depolarized at rest
Horizontal canals
LARP (left anterior right canal and right posterior canal)
RALP (right anterior canal and left posterior canal)
-corresponding muscles
Horizontal canals: lateral and medial recti.
LARP: left vertical recti, right obliques.
RALP: right vertical recti, left obliques.
Physiological nystagmus
rapid movement of eyes from one object to another
Vestibulo-ocular reflex
keep the eyes still in space when the head moves (extremely fast, bisynaptic).
Vestibulo-collic reflex
keeps the head still in space – or on a level plane when body is moving
Vestibular-spinal reflex
maintain posture during rapid cages in position
lateral vestobulospinal tract
- Ipsilateral
- Allows the legs to adjust for head movements.(EXTENSORS)
- Provides excitatory tone to extensor muscles -> leads to rigidity when corticospinal tract is lesions (inhibition)
Medial Vestibulospinal Tract
Keeps the head still in space – mediating the vestibulo-colic reflex.
vestibular nucleus combines visual and vestibular signals
- Initial recognition of movement is by the vestibular system but this does not give constant stimulation if movement continues
- Retinal motion by head movement compensates
Benign positional vertigo
debris from the otoconia in the utricle float into the posterior canal, causing interference with cupula function, brought out by motion in the plane of the affected posterior cana
Phase I Reactions
- Oxidations
- Flavin monooxygenase
- Amine oxidase - Reductions
- Hydrolysis
Phase II Reactions
GLUCURONIDATION AcetylatioN GLUTATHIONE CONJUGATION Glycine conjugation Sulfation Methylation Water conjugation
cyp independent
cyp associated with acetaminophen break down?
cyp2E1
most drugs are metabolized by?
Cyp 3A4/5 or UGT
drugs that are enzyme inducers
Carbamazepine
Rifampin
Warfarin (Coumarin) not an inducer just influenced by a bunch of other inducers
drugs that are inhibitors
Cimetidine
Ethanol
Grapefruit juice
Enterohepatic Circulation
-highly lipophilic drugs
Bile in GI tract -> Hepatic Portal Vein -> Liver -> Bile -> Bile released to GI tract
zero order vs. first order elimination
Zero order: half life is changing but elimination rate is staying the same
-linear
First order: elimination rate is changing but half life is staying the same
- exponential
- 95% of drug is gone after 5 half lives
increase vs decrease Vd
Increase Vd: more drug in peripheral compartment (lipophilic)
- dec clearance
- dec elimination
- inc half life
Decrease Vd: less drug in peripheral compartment
- inc clearance
- inc elimination
- dec half life
Maintenance Dose Rate =
Desired Drug plasma con x CL (clearance) x Dose interval / F (bioavailability)
Loading Dose =
Desired Drug plasma con x Vd / F
half life =
0.7 x Vd / CL
clearance =
Vd x Ke (elimination constant)
pharmacodynamics
is the study of the relationship between drug concentration in the body and the physiological response to that concentration of drug
pharmacokinetics
d
Partial agonist
Partial agonist: bind to both inactive state and active conformation
-A partial agonist serves as an agonist in the absence of a full agonist but decreases the response of full agonist when given together
Potency
Dose of a drug necessary to produce 50% of drug’s total response, expressed as an ED50 value
Efficacy
total response produced by a drug
-clinical effectiveness of a drug depends on its maximal efficacy (Emax) and not the potency (ED50/KD)
Inverse Agonist
- Antagonists that measurably decrease spontaneous receptor activity
- bind to receptors that are constantly on at base level with the absence of ligand and turn them all the way off
Chemical Antagonism
Binding of one drug to another and making it unavailable for binding to its receptor