HES 202- Week 2 Force Modulation and Muscle Spindles Flashcards

Week 2- Force Modulation and Muscle Spindles

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Describe Input resistance

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Small MN’s (Type 1) have high input resistance (leads to greater response and easier to excite)

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What is Rheobase? What type of MN’s is the rheobase low?

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Direct measure of the current that has to be put into a neuron to get it to fire- rheobase is low in small MN’s

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Is the conduction velocity in small MN’s slow or fast?

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Slow

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4
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Is the after-hyperpolarization (AHP) shorter or longer in large MN’s

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Shorter

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5
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Describe the size principle?

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MU’s recruited from smallest to largest.

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What is a pro to the size principle and what is a con to the size principle?

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Pro: Minimizes fatigue as slow twitch, fatigue resistant muscle fibres are activated first.
Con: Cannot selectively choose with MU’s to recruit

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7
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What is recruitment threshold?

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amount of force needed to ‘turn on’ motor unit

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Why does each MU produce partially fused tetanus?

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Because units fire asynchronously with each other, the net force is smooth.

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What is electromyography? (EMG)

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Recording of the electrical activity from the muscle

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10
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What does an Indwelling EMG observe?

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Somewhat invasive, but can observe a single motor unit.

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11
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What is a surface EMG

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A global view

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12
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What is force modulation?

A

maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)

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13
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Describe divergence? What happens?

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A single neuron synapases on multiple nuerons

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14
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Describe convergence? What happens?

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Multiple neurons “converge” on fewer neurons

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15
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What is intrafusal?

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skeletal muscle

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16
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What is extrafusal?

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muscle spindles

17
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Where do afferent signals go?

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signals go away from the brain

18
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Where do efferent signals go?

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signals go towards the brain

19
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What is the role of afferent/sensory input?

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Each afferent projects centrally to the spinal cord (reflexes) and to more superior structures

20
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Where is the cell body located in the afferent/sensory inputs

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Cell body in the dorsal route ganglion

21
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How are afferents labeled?

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Based on cross sectional diameter. 1 is the largest, 2, 3, and 4 being the smallest.

22
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What does conduction velocity depend on?

A

Depends on diameter. The larger the diameter, the faster the conduction

23
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What are found in most skeletal muscle?

A

Spindle/fusiform shaped receptors

24
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What types of muscles would have a higher density of spindles?

A

Hand muscles have a higher density of spindles, and more proximal muscles have fewer muscle spindles.

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What are the two types of receptors?
Bag which can be further described as Bag 1 (Dynamic) and Bag 2 (Static) and Chain static
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What are the two types of afferent and what do each of them innervate
Type 1a (primary)- length and velocity. Innervate bag 1, bag 2, and chain Type 2 (secondary)- length. Innervate bag 2 and chain
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What does a microneurography record
single unit action potentials
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When you get a tendon tap, what does it stretch
stretches the intrafusal muscle fibers
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Which afferent is sensitive to tap and vibration
Primaries (1a) are very sensitive to taps and vibration and can stop firing on release
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What is the name of the only receptor that has its own efferent (motor) system
fusimotor or gamma system
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What types of Gamma MN's does it consist of?
dynamic and static gamma MN's
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Where doe alpha motor neurons send info to?
skeletal muscle
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where do gamma motor neurons send info to
muscle spindles
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Dynamic gamma sends info to...
Bag 1 (dynamic receptors)
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Static gamma sends info to...
Bag 1, Bag 2, and static
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Turning on the gamma system prevents what?
Prevents the spindle from becoming unloaded during shortening contractions and keeps it sensitive to stretch
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Gamma dynamic makes the spindle more...
velocity sensitive
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Gamma static makes the spindle more...
sensitive
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