HES 202- Week 3 Golgi Tendon Organs and Joints & Vestibular System Pt. 1 Flashcards

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Where are GTO’s located

A

In the tendon junction

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GTO spindles are spread throughout the muscle belly and how do they lie

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parallel

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3
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GTO’s lie in a… with muscle fibres

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series

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4
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What type of afferent fibers innervate the GTO’s

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1b afferent

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GTO’s are bundles within a capsule and include what 2 things

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1) nerve endings
2) collagen fibers

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6
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Nerve endings are____ among collagen fibers

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interdigitate (which means interlocked)

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7
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What are the two roles of muscle spindle receptors

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1) Sense muscle length
2) Sense muscle velocity

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What are the 2 functions of the GTO receptors

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1) muscle receptors that provide feedback to the CNS about muscle force/tension
2) primarily active muscle force/tension

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9
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The level of force neccessary to excite a GTO depends on…

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mode of activation

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10
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How many newtons does a passive stretch require

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2 newtons

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11
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how many millinewtons can an active contraction activate?

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30-90 millinewtons

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12
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Are GTO’s much more sensitive to passive oractive generated forces

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much more sensitive to actively generated forces

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13
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Are GTO’s sensitive to muscle contraction and what do they respond to

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yes. They respond to increased muscle tension during a twitch

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What is the function of the GTO?

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Inhibit the agonist muscle. 2 Main functions: protective mechanism and modulate force

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How doe GTO’s provide motor feedback?

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feedback to spinal cord via 1b afferent

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16
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What is the autogenic inhibation

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reflex that inhibits agonist motor neurons. It decreases Force Output

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17
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What are GTO’s sensitive to?

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sensitive to muscle tension.

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18
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When are GTO’s activated

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activated when muscle tension increases

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19
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Where are joint receptors located and where are they not found

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Located within joint capsule, joint ligaments, and loose articular tissue. No receptors in cartilaginous surfaces of the joint or in synovial membranes.

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20
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What are the three main roles of joint receptors?

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1) respond primarily at the limits of joint movement (extremes)

2) respond to joint pressure (joint swelling)

3) Joint receptors code ambiguously for joint movements (respond to both flexion and extension)

21
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What do joint recptors cause on alpha motor neurons

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cause weak and infrequent effects on alpha motor neurons

21
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What neurons does the relfex activity happen on for joint receptors

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reflex activity on alpha motor neurons

22
Q

What needs to happen to the knee ligament before EMG activity can be detected

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knee ligaments must be heavily stretched before an detection from EMG

23
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What do the semicircular canals care about and what are the three parts to them

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They deal with head rotation and there is the anterior, posterior, and horizontal

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What do the Otolith organs care about and what are the two parts
care about linear motion and 2 parts are utricle and saccule
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What is the function of hair cells (mechanoreceptors)
transform mechanical energy into neural activity
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What are the 2 parts of the hair cell
Kinocillium (apex of the hair cell) Stereocillium (linked stair-like structure)
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What happens when stereocillia are pushed towards the kinocillium
hair cells depolarize
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What happens when stereocillia are pushed away from the kinocillium
hair cells depolarize
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what do mechanorecpetors (stereocilia and kinocilium respond to
respond to acceleration of gravity that is in line with hair cells
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What does the semi-circular canal detect
angular acceleration
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What is the canal filled with
filled with fluid (endolymph(
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What is the cupula
house hair cells in the crista
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What does acceleration lead to?
leads to increased firing rates, while deceleration leads to hyperpolarization (decreased firing) in the 8th nerve afferent
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What happens during periods of constant velocity
the hair cells return to normal leakiness and the 8th nerve afferent return to baseline firing rates
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What are the three angular accelometers in the semicircular canal
anterior SCC, Posterior SCC, and horizontal SCC
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What does balance between left and right excitation and inhibation
leads to sensation of head rotation
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What does head rotation causes in terms of endolymph
causes opposite endolymph fluid movement
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What does the opposite endolymph fluid movement cause
causes stereocilia to be pushed towards kinocilium in the left semicircular canal = excitation and the opposite response in the right semicircular canal = inhibition
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What are the semi-circular canals
Capula surrounded by endolymph (fluid)
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What is the otlithic membrane
gel-like substance
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What does the otoliths organs detect
detects linear acceleration
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What do the utricle detect
horizontal linear acceleration
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What does Saccule detect
vertical linear acceleration
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What causes the cilia to move
the shearing of the membrane
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What happens when the head tilts or accelerates
gravity causes the otoliths to slide, pulling the stereocillia and causing the hair cell to depolarize
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What are otoliths sensitive to
sensitive to linear acceleration
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