Rigidity and Higher Motor Centres (HMC) Coordination (Kahoot Week 6) Flashcards
Consistent resistance to movement is which type of rigidity?
A. Copper Pipe
B. Lead Pipe
C. Cogwheel
D. Gearwheel
B. Lead Pipe
When treating a person with rigidity, which of the following is important:
A. Lowering sympathetic nervous system firing
B. Minimizing contracture
C. Optimizing perfusion and drainage
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which techniques would be least effective in treating rigidity?
A. GTO
B. Reciprocal Inhibition
C. PIR
D. Muscles Approximation
B. Reciprocal Inhibition
These integrate sensory information, connect sensory and motor functions, and stimulate the HMC’s to act?
A. Projection Fibres
B. Basal Nuclei
C. Commissural Fibres
D. Association Areas
D. Association Areas
Which directly connects the motor cortex to motor nerves?
A. Extrapyramidal Fibres
B. Direct Pathways
C. Involuntary Pathways
D. Postural Pathways
B. Direct Pathways
Which is NOT a tract found in the extrapyramidal pathways?
A. Corticobulbar
B. Reticulospinal
C. Rubrospinal
C. Tecospinal
A. Corticobulbar
This tract is responsible for increasing antigravity muscle tone for maintaining balance:
A. Corticobulbar
B. Rubrospinal
C. Vestibulospinal
D. Corticospinal
C. Vestibulospinal
When treating a patient with rigidity, you should:
A. Stretch slowly, after reducing MRT
B. Use ice packs for pain relief
C. Use passive forced ROM with very firm overpressure
D. Avoid joint mobilizations
A. Stretch slowly, after reducing MRT
Sensory data about movement travelling to the brain follows which order?
A. Thalamus -> 1a -> 2 deg -> 3 deg -> MC
B. 2 deg -> 1a -> MC -> Thalamus
C. 1a -> 2 deg -> Thalamus -> 3 deg -> MC
D. 1a -> Thalamus -> 2 deg -> 3 deg -> MC
C. 1a -> 2 deg -> Thalamus -> 3 deg -> MC
This HMC serves as a principal integrator of motor function, synchronizing motor output, messages to brain regions.
A. Motor Cortex
B. Cerebellum
C. Basal Ganglia
D. Thalamus
B. Cerebellum
