Motor fiber types

Question 1

Where do cell bodies live with Alpha motor neurons?

Answer 1

Ventral horn

Question 2

What do alpha motor neurons innervate?

Answer 2

Skeletal muscle

Question 3

Where do cell bodies live with Gamma motor neurons?

Answer 3

Ventral horn

Question 4

What do gamma motor neurons innervate?

Answer 4

Intrafusal muscles (muscle spindle)

Question 5

What is another name for Type B fibers?

Answer 5

preganglionic autonomic axons

Question 6

Where do the cell bodies live with Type B fibers?

Answer 6

Lateral grey horn

Question 7

What is another name for Type C fibers?

Answer 7

postganglionic autonomic axons

Question 8

What do preganglionic autonomic fibers release?

Answer 8

Ach

Question 9

Are preganglionic sympathetic fibers short or long? Postganglionic?

Answer 9

Preganglionic sympathetic: short

Postganglionic sympathetic: long

Question 10

Are preganglionic parasympathetic fibers short or long? Postganglionic parasympathetic?

Answer 10

Preganglionic parasympathetic: long

Postganglionic parasympathetic: short