Motor System - Overview & Cortical Influence Flashcards

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Motor activity is generated and controlled through complex interactions of

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  • Brainstem tracts
  • Frontal lobe, particularly primary motor cortex
  • Cerebellum
  • Basal ganglia
  • Thalamus
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2
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complex pattern of muscle activation must be

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planned and generated

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3
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Feedback occurs at all levels, but is primarily processed by

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cerebellum

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4
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Peripheral motor control begins with?

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the innervation of muscle by alpha motor neurons

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5
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alpha motor neuron innervates

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one or more muscle fibers

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6
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size of a motor unit depends on what?

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the number of muscle fibers it innervates

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7
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1 single motor neuron will innervate what?

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1 fiber

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Smaller motor neurons with lower thresholds (and lower contraction force) are what?

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recruited first

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9
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larger motor neurons have what?

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higher thresholds & generate more forces

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10
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Type I / S is what?

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slow oxidative (SO)

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  • Small force
  • slow twitch
  • fatigue resistant
  • Oxidative
  • innervated by small diameter slow conducting axons
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Type I / S = slow oxidative (SO)

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postural control axons would be innervated by what kind of muscle fiber?

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Type I / S = slow oxidative (SO)

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12
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Metabolic pathways are oxidative and anaerobic glycolytic would be innervated by what kind of muscle fiber?

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Type IIa / FR = fast oxidative glycolytic (FOG)

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13
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gastrocnemius would be innervated by what kind of muscle fiber?

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Type IIb / FF = fast glycolytic (FG)

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14
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  • Intermediate force
  • relatively fast contractile time
  • generates larger tension
  • intermediate to slow rate of fatigue
  • innervated by large diameter rapidly conducting axons
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Type IIa / FR = fast oxidative glycolytic (FOG)

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15
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Type IIa / FR is what?

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fast oxidative glycolytic (FOG)

16
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  • rapidly contracting fibers
  • rapidly fatigue
  • white muscle
  • contain large stores of glycogen
  • high contraction force
  • recruited later in the contraction pattern to recruit - - large forces
  • large fibers supplied by large diameter axons
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Type IIb / FF = fast glycolytic (FG)

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Type IIb / FF is what?

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fast glycolytic (FG)

18
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primary peripheral sensory organs within a muscle to detect the speed and extent of muscle stretch

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Muscle spindles or intrafusal muscles

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a muscle contracts in direct response to its stretch

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myotatic reflex

20
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neuron used to adjust the tension or sensitivity of the muscle spindle as the muscle shortens

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Gamma motor neuron

21
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what type of muscle is important in the control of muscle tone (tension) in postural muscles mostly at an unconscious level

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Gamma motor neuron

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result in abnormal tone is a result in damage to what?

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Gamma motor neuron

23
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alpha-gamma coactivation

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contraction of extrafusal muscle (on the outside [actually the muscle) which lengthens and contracts) while the intrafusal muscle (inside where the spindles are - length & speed of the stretch during actual contraction) or coactivation of alpha motor neuron and gamma motor neurons for accurate monitoring during motor movement

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actual force of tension and contraction
Golgi Tendon Organ
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sensory fiber supplies what
Golgi Tendon Organ
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inhibit the contraction of the agonist and allowing the contraction of the antagonist
Autogenic inhibition
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what receptors plays a role in the control of muscle activity both directly (pain influences) and indirectly through central mechanisms
joint and cutaneous receptors
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what receptors plays a large role in muscle activity under certain circumstances
Joint receptors (in motor control)
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systems are typically under descending system inhibition and may only be released under certain circumstance
flexor reflex afferents
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under central inhibition, allowing the plantar flexion response to predominate under normal conditions of innervation
Babinski Reflex
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create patterns of sequential activity when activated
Central pattern generators
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two major divisions of motor cortex involved in somatic motor function
1. Primary motor cortex 2. Supplementary motor cortex (and premotor cortex)
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- controlling the face and tongue are near the lateral fissure and those - controlling the legs are near or over the midline - Parallel processing: considerable variation in motor deficits with lesions of cerebral cortex and the tracts from these areas along with potential mechanisms for recovery - activated during random movement - tracts exert their strongest influence over extensor musculature in the proximal body
Primary motor cortex
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- contribute to eye movements (frontal eye fields) - activated by movements that are planned and rehearsed mentally without actually making a movement
Supplementary motor cortex (and premotor cortex)
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- control cranial nerve motor functions include eye movements (CN III, IV,& VI) - control muscles associated with the head (V, VII, IX, X, XI, XII)
Corticonuclear Tract
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what percent of axons don’t cross the midline or terminate bilaterally
10 to 15%