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Chapter 11 Flashcards

1
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Motor signals

A

Efferent
Goes to the body

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2
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Sensory signals

A

Afferent
To brain

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3
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This is part of the brain which plans what you are going to do, panning executive function

A

Prefrontal Cortex

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4
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Organizing and preparing motor sequences

A

Premotor Cortex

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5
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Commands ; and cordinates movement of the body, this has a map of different body parts

A

Motor Cortex

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6
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________ corrects movement errors

A

Cerebellum

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7
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___________ judges grasp forces

A

Basal Ganglia

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8
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Where does producing movement start and end

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Starts in the Cortex (CNS) and terminates in muscle fibers (PNS)

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9
Q

Consulting loop is caused by ____________

A

Basal Ganglia
Refining movements
Initiating movements (Information from PSY 246)

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10
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______________ is involved in repetetive movement

A

Striatum

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11
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What is striatum made of

A
  1. Putamen
  2. Caudate nucleus
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12
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____________ determines the strength for the movement ; how much force is required for a task

A

Globus Pallidus

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13
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Praksinons is caused by __________ neurons in ___________

A

Dopaminergic
Substantia Nigra

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14
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Hyperkinetic movements

A

Unwanted movements are initiated

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15
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Hypokinetic Movements

A

Paerson cannot move or initiate movements

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16
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Resting Tremor

A

Hyperkinetic Movement
Unwanted movements are initiated

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17
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Huntingtons Disease

A

Erratic fuctioning : Cannot move precisely and accurately
Cognitive and Motor Decline (Dementia)

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18
Q

How is Huntington caused

A

Genetics

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19
Q

Rodent models of Parkinson’s use the neurotoxin ____________

A

MPTP

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20
Q

presence of MPTP causes __________

A

Killing Dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra

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21
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Axons of upper motor neurons descend to the brainstem via ____________

A

Internal capsule

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22
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Corticobulbar tracts

A

Areas around your neck

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23
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Corticospinal tracts

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Areas that goes to the spine and to the rest of the body

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24
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Is there a map of the body in cerebellum

True or False

25
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Two main functions of Cerebellum

A
  1. Timing and flow of movement sequences
  2. Accuracy and error correction
26
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Where do corticobular tracts synapse?

A

Lower Motor neurons in the brainstem

27
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Where do corticispinal tracts go to

A

From cortex to lower motor neurons in spinal cord

28
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__________ moves limbs and digits on the bodys right side

A

Lateral Corticospinal tract

29
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_________ moves muscles at the bodys mid line

A

Anterior Corticospinal Tract

30
Q

Posterior root is __________

31
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Anterior root is ______

32
Q

Anything that hits the skin is called ____________

A

Exteroceptive sense

33
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___________ is what the body is doing, awareness of where parts of the body is

A

Proprioception

34
Q

__________ is the internal organ, blood pressure

A

Interoceptive

35
Q

_________ receptors are closest to skin, allows for feeling of touch

36
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___________ detect stretching of skin

A

Ruffini Corpuscles

37
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_____________ detect vibration

A

Pacinian Corpuscles

38
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____________ sense something hot, cold or painful

A

Free nerve endings

39
Q

Areas of more sensitivity for Two point threshold have a high density of _____________

A

Merkel Receptors

40
Q

Free nerve endings sense ________ pain

A

Nociceptive

41
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____________ Responds to pleasant touch, has a emotional quality

A

CT mechanoreceptors

42
Q

3 Categories of pain

A
  1. Nociceptive
  2. Inflammatory
  3. Neuropathic
43
Q
  1. Nociceptive
A

By free nerve endings
You cut your skin

44
Q
  1. Inflammatory
A

Puffy
Swelling, red
Initial part of healing
Comes with physical pain

45
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  1. Neuropathic
A

Depper pain
Pain in nerve pathways
Feels like shooting electric signals
Example: Pain experiencing when foot goes to sleep

46
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Two dimensions of pain

A
  1. Affective
  2. Discriminative
47
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  1. Affective
A

Emotional aspect of pain
Unpleasant

48
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  1. Discriminative
A

You know from which body part the pain is coming from

49
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Pain pathway

A

pain - anteriorspinothalamic tract - Medial leminiscus - Thalamus

50
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Pain matrix

A
  1. Parietal
  2. Prefrontal
  3. Limbic
51
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  1. Parietal
A

Somasensory cortex

52
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  1. Prefrontal
A

Psychological

53
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  1. Limbic
A

Affective pain that comes from emotional aspects (amygdala

54
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Traditional theory of pain

A

Nocicieptors sense pain
Pain is completely physiological
U sense pain it hurts

55
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Problem with traditional theory

A

Does not explain placebo effect

56
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Gate Controled Theory

__________ opens the gate

A

Nociceptors

57
Q

_______ closes the gate

A

Touch receptors

58
Q

Opening of gate by ________ causes _________

A

Nocicereceptors
Pain

59
Q

Closing of gate by __________ causes _________

A

Mechanoreceptors
Mechanical stress
No sense of pain even if pain exists

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