Motor Physiology Flashcards

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Skeletal muscle type: In muscle spindle

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Intrafusal

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2
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Skeletal muscle type: For muscle contraction

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Extrafusal

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Extrafusal Skeletal Muscle: Larger (2x), faster, Glycolytic, more active (2-3x) enzymes in phosphagen & glycogen-lactic acid energy sytem, less active enzymes in aerobic sustem, high myosin ATPase, less mitochondria, in EOMs, fast contration velocity, short duration

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Fast-Twitch/Fast Glycolytic/White muscle/Type II

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Extrafusal Skeletal Muscle: Smaller, slower, Oxidative, less active enzymes in phosphagen & glycogen-lactic acid energy sytem, more active enzymes in aerobic sustem, low myosin ATPase, more mitochondria, in Soleus, Anti-gravity muscles of the back, moderate contration velocity, prolonged duration

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Slow-Twitch/Slow Oxidative/Red Muscle/Type I

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5
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Smooth Muscle Type: Act on their own, no Gap junctions, no true Action Potential, Junctional Potential only, no spontaneous contractions (eg: ciliary eye muscle, iris, piloerector muscle, vas deferens)

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Multi-unit Smooth Muscle

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Smooth Muscle Type: Act together as one, controlled by nerve signals, hormones, stretch, local factors, with Gap junctions, Slow waves, Spike Potentials & Plateau Potentials, exhibit spontaneous contractions (eg: intestines, bile ducts, ureters, uterus)

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Unitary Smooth Muscle (aka Syncytial Smooth Muscle, Visceral Smooth Muscle)

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7
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Rhythmic, Intermittent Smooth Muscle (eg: walls of the GI and Urogenital Tracts)

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Phasic Smooth Muscle

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Continuously Active Smooth Muscle (eg: vascular smooth muscle, respiratory smooth muscle, sphincters)

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Tonic Smooth Muscle

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9
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Surrounds muscle fiber

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Endomysium

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10
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Surrounds muscle fascicle

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Perimysium

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11
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Surrounds skeletal muscle

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Epimysium

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12
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Plasma membrane that surrounds muscle fiber

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Sarcolemma

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13
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Invaginations of the sarcolemma in close proximity to the terminal cisternae of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

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Transverse Tubules

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14
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Endoplasmic reticulum surrounding myofibril that contains Calcium

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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

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15
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Functional unit of the muscle; Area between 2 Z lines; Exhibited by skeletal and cardiac muscles; Has thick and thin filaments

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Sarcomere

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16
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Thick filaments

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Myosin

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17
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Thin filaments

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ActinTropomyosinTroponin

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18
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Attaches troponin complex to tropomyosin

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Troponin T

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19
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Inhibits Actin-Myosin binding

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Troponin I

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20
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Calcium binding protein

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Troponin C

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21
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Tethers Myosin to Z lines (scaffolding); Binds Z lines to M lines

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Titin

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22
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Stabilizes Sarcolemma & prevents contraction-induced rupture

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Dystrophin

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23
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Binds Actin to Z lines

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Actinin, Capz Protein

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24
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Binds Z lines to Sarcolemma

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Desmin

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25
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Act as a molecular ruler that sets the length of actin during assembly

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Nebulin

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26
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Involves motor neurons & extrafusal fibers; Demonstrated by the Sliding-Filament Model

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Skeletal Muscle Contration

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27
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Actin & Myosin Interaction

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Cross-Bridge Formation

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28
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Thin filaments “slides” against the thick filaments towards the center of the sarcomere

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Sliding Filament Model

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29
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What is the distance achieved in each cross-bridge cycle?

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10 nanometers

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30
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True or False: All muscle fibers innervated by a single motor nerve fiber

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True

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31
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“Final common pathway” or “Lower motor neuron”

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Alpha motor neuron

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32
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Small Motor Units are recruited first before Big Motor Units

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Size Principle

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33
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Multiple Fiber Summation

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Spatial Summation

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34
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Frequency Summation

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Temporal Summation

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35
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Each contraction occurs after complete relaxation producing stronger contraction each time

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Staircase (Treppe) Effect

36
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Basic for Treppe Effect

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Ca2+ accumulationpH changesIncrease temperature

37
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Complete fusion of individual muscle contraction when Ca2+ is all used up

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Tetany

38
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Which tetanizes at lower stimulus frequency?

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Slow twitch muscle

39
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Which has a larger maximal force during tetany?

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Fast twitch muscle

40
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Tension developed when muscle is stretched INCREASES

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Passive Tension

41
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Tension developed when muscle is stretched DECREASES

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Active Tension

42
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Force of contraction developed when muscle is stretched

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Increases

43
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Active Tension reflect what?

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of cross-bridges that cycle

44
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Velocity of contraction reflect what?

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Speed of cross-bridge cycling

45
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What happens to velocity of contraction if afterload is increased?

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Velocity of contraction decreases

46
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Length is held constant; No muscle shortening or lengthening (eg: pushing against the wall)

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Isometric Contraction

47
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Load is held constant; With muscle shortening/lengthening

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Isotonic Contraction

48
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With muscle shortening (eg: pulling a weight up)

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Concentric Contraction

49
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With muscle lengthening (eg: lowering a weight down)

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Eccentric Contraction

50
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Protective mechanism to prevent muscle cell injury or death; Directly proportional to rate of depletion of muscle glycogen and creatine phosphate stores and accumulation of lactic acid

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Muscle Fatigue

51
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Exhibits atrial and ventricular syncytium; Relies on both extra- & intra- cellular calcium

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Cardiac Muscle Contraction

52
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Cardiac Action Potential: Due to Na+ influx

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Phase 0

53
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Cardiac Action Potential: Brief period of repolarization; Due to K+ influx

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Phase 1

54
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Cardiac Action Potential: Plateau of Action Potential; Due to Ca2+ influx

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Phase 2

55
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Cardiac Action Potential: Repolarization; Decrease Ca2+ influx and increased K+ efflux

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Phase 3

56
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Cardiac Action Potential: Resting Membrane Potential

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Phase 4

57
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Calcium Regulation of Cardiac Muscles: Increases intracellular Calcium

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Calcium Channels

58
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Calcium Regulation of Cardiac Muscles: Decreases intracellular Calcium

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3Na+-1Ca2+ CountertransportCa-ATPase pump

59
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More developed Transverse Tubule

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Cardiac muscle

60
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More developed Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

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Skeletal muscle

61
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Electromechanical Coupling in Cardiac muscle

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Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release

62
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Electromechanical Coupling in Skeletal muscle

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DHPT and RYR interaction

63
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Location of Transverse Tubules of Cardiac muscle

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In the Z lines

64
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Location of Transverse Tubules of Skeletal muscle

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Ends of I band

65
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(+) Syncytium

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Cardiac muscle

66
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(+) Tetany

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Skeletal muscle

67
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Why is there no tetany in Cardiac muscles?

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Due to the long Refractory Period brought about by Phase 2

68
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Equivalent to Troponin I; Phosphorylated (inhibited) by Ca-Calmodulin Complex

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Caldesmon, Calponin

69
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Similar to Z discs of Skeletal muscles

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Dense Bodies

70
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Rudimentary compared to skeletal muscle

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Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR)

71
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Rudimentary T-tubules

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Caveoli

72
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Connect dense bodies with cytoskeletal network

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Intermediate Filaments (Desmin, Vimentin)

73
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Uses more ATP

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Skeletal muscles

74
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Faster onset of contraction

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Skeletal muscles

75
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Longer duration of contraction

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Smooth muscles

76
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Stronger force of contraction (4-6kg/cm2)

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Smooth muscles

77
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For Extrafusal fibers of Anterior Motor Neuron

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Alpha motor neuron

78
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For Intrafusal fibers of Anterior Motor Neuron

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Gamma motor neuron

79
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Spinal cord neuron that connects up, down & with each other

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Interneurons

80
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Synapse with pool of motor neurons by which they are stimulated; Predominantly inhibitory; Facilitate lateral inhibition

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Renshaw Cell

81
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Sense of awareness of position of the body in space

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Proprioception

82
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Mechanoreceptors that provide the CNS with information regarding muscle length, position, & tension (force)

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Proprioceptors

83
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Arranged in a parallel manner to extrafusal muscle fibers; Detects changes in muscle length & rate of change of muscle length

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Muscle Spindles

84
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Arranged in a series manner to extrafusal muscle fibers; Detects changes in muscle tension

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Golgi Tendon

85
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“The silent area of the brain”; Sequences motor activity; Monitors and adjusts motor activities; Helps in planning sequential movement

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Cerebellum

86
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Functional Unit of Cerebellum

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Purkinje (middle layer-always inhibitory) and Deep Nuclear Cell