Proprioception

Question 1

2 submodalities of proprioception:

Answer 1

Limb position sense

Kinesthsia

Question 2

Limb position sense=

Answer 2

Sense of stationary limbs

Question 3

Kinesthesia=

Answer 3

Sense of limb movement

Question 4

3 types of mechanoreceptors in proprioception:

Answer 4

Muscle spindles
Golgi tendon organs
Joint capsule receptors

Question 5

Muscle spindles=

Answer 5

Specialized stretch receptors

Question 6

Golgi tendon organs=

Answer 6

Tendon receptors sense contractile force

Question 7

Joint capsule receptors=

Answer 7

Sense flexion/ extension of joint

Question 8

Receptors in tendon that sense contractile force or effort exerted by group of muscle fibers =

Answer 8

Golgi tendon organs

Question 9

Stretch- sensitive receptors in the ___ signal postural information—- Ruffini endings, Merkel cells and field receptors

Answer 9

Skin

Question 10

Changes in ___ are closely associated with changes in joint angles

Answer 10

Muscle length

Question 11

Intrafusal muscle fibers are ___contractile

Answer 11

Noncontractile

Question 12

Polar ends of intrafusal muscles (DO/ DO NOT) contact

Answer 12

Do…the intrafusal bodies does not

Question 13

Muscle fibers are wrapped with 2 types of sensory endings:
Primary sensory ___
Secondary sensory ___

Answer 13

I-a fibers

II fibers

Question 14

Primary I-a sensory fibers are ?

Answer 14

Dynamic

Question 15

Secondary type II fibers are ___

Answer 15

Static