sem 2 exam 2 Flashcards
Which reflex is responsible for polysynaptic excitation of contralateral extensors?
a. Stretch reflex b. Golgi tendon reflex c. Flexor withdrawal reflex d. Subliminal occlusion reflex
c. Flexor withdrawal reflex - associated with opp side
a. myotactic - involves muscle spindles
b. is inverse myotactic
d. who knows what that is
Which of the following is a characteristic of nuclear bag fibers?
a. They are one type of extrafusal muscle fiber
b. They detect dynamic changes in muscle length
c. They give rise to group Ib afferents
d. They are innervated by alpha-motor neurons
b. They detect dynamic changes in muscle length
Muscle stretch leads to a direct increase in firing rate of which type of nerve?
a. Alpha-motor neurons
b. Gamma-motor neurons
c. Groups Ia fibers
d. Group Ib fibers
c. Groups Ia fibers
Muscle stretch going to be in problems of muscle stretch receptors so they are going to be sensory pathways and not motor pathways so a and b can be eliminated
Which part of the cerebral cortex develops a “motor image” of the total muscle movement that is to be performed?
a. Primary motor cortex
b. Supplemental motor cortex
c. Premotor cortex
d. Supplemental sensory cortex
C. premotor cortex
technically it’s B and C premotor cortex and supplementary motor cortices generate a plan for movement
see lecture 10 slide 35
a. primary motor cortex - main output from motor cortex to skeletal; so doesn’t sound like an image to be performed
Which of the following tracts make up the medullary pyramids?
a. Rubrospinal b. Reticulospinal c. Corticospinal d. Vestibulospinal
c. Corticospinal
Which of the following structures is involved in determining the orientation of the head when the head is upright?
a. Saccule b. Utricle c. Crista d. Semicircular canal
B. Utricle
- locates on horizontal plane
saccule is for when a person is lying down
- located in a+ vertical plane
Which of the following nuclei is not involved in the indirect pathway
a. Putamen b. Thalamic c. Globus pallidus d. Caudate
A. Putamen
Which of the following neurotransmitters is used by the thalamus to signal the motor cortex?
a. GABA b. Ach (Acetylcholine) c. Dopamine d. Glutamate
d. Glutamate
Which of the following nuclei is not involved in the direct pathway?
a. putamen
b. thalamic
c. Globus Pallidus
d. Caudate
D. Caudate
Which of the following excitatory neurotransmitters is used from the motor cortex to the putamen?
a. GABA
b. Acetylcholine
c. Dopamine
d. Glutamate
B. Acetylcholine
Most of the basal nuclei utilize inhibitory Neurotransmitters. Which of the following is used by most basal nuclei
a. Glutamate b. GABA c. Acetylcholine d. Norepinephrine
B, GABA
Mossy fibers in the cerebellum originate from which of the following areas of the brain?
a. Red nucleus b. Thalamus c. Medullary olives d. Spinocerebellar tract
d. Spinocerebellar tract
can also come from vestiulocerebellar, and pontocerebellar traccts
Of the following pairs of deep (intracerebellar) cerebellar nuclei, which pair is related to postural activity and limb movements via reticulospinal and vestibulospinal tracts?
a. Dentate b. Emboliform c. Fastigial d. Globose
C. Fastigial
- project to reticular formation and vestibular nuclei
the other 3 lead to extremity ataxia and project to red nucleus
- fine manipulative movement
Climbing fibers in the cerebellum originate from which of the following areas of the brain
a. Red nucleus b. Thalamus c. Medullary olives d. Reticular nuclei
C. Medullary Olives
Which division of the cerebellum is associated with vestibular system and is thought to be the oldest?
a. Anterior lobe
d. Posterior Lobe
c. Flocculonodular
d. vermis
c. Flocculonodular
What somatosensory area of the cerebellar cortex is the location for control functions for muscle movements of the axial body, neck, shoulders, and hips?
a. Vermis
b. intermediate zone
c. Lateral zone
d. flocculonodular
a. Vermis
What somatosensory area of the cerebellar cortex is the location concerned with controlling muscle contraction in the distal portions of the upper and lower limbs, esp hands, feet, fingers, and toes?
a. Vermis
b. intermediate zone
c. Lateral zone
d. flocculonodular
b. intermediate zone
What cells in the cerebellar cortex form parallel fibers in the cortex and are excitatory?
a. Golgi cells
b. Basket cells
c. Granular cells
d. Purkinje Cells
c. Granular cells
What type of cells give the only output from cortex and are ALWAYS inhibitory?
a. Golgi cells
b. Basket cells
c. Granular cells
d. Purkinje Cells
d. Purkinje Cells
The Nervous system uses cerebellum to coordinate motor control functions at 3 levels. What level functions in control of balance and eye movements?
a. spinocerebellum
b. cerebrocerebellum
c. vestibulocerebellum
f. reticulocerebellum
c. vestibulocerebellum
The Nervous system uses cerebellum to coordinate motor control functions at 3 levels. What level functions in synergy : control of rate, force, range, and direction of movement?
a. spinocerebellum
b. cerebrocerebellum
c. vestibulocerebellum
f. reticulocerebellum
a. spinocerebellum
The Nervous system uses cerebellum to coordinate motor control functions at 3 levels. What level is involved in coordination of skilled movement and speech?
a. spinocerebellum
b. cerebrocerebellum
c. vestibulocerebellum
f. reticulocerebellum
b. cerebrocerebellum
Which of the following statements is the true about the direct pathway?
a. overall inhibitory
b. for subconscious execution of learned patterns of movement
c. for cognitive planning of sequential and parallel motor patterns
d. tends to decrease motor activity
b. for subconscious execution of learned patterns of movement
all other answers are characteristics of indirect pathway
When Dopamine is in the indirect pathway. What type of receptors are used?
a. D2 receptors
b. D1 receptors
a. D2 receptors
It’s inhibitory!
in direct pathway would use excitatory D1 receptors
Parkinson’s Disease results in the rigidity if body musculature due to loss of dopaminergic pathways. This is a result of a lesion in which basal nuclei?
a. globus pallidus
b. striatum
c. subthalamic nuclei
d. Substantia Nigra
d. Substantia Nigra
In Huntington’s disease GABA neurons are destroyed and the indirect pathway no longer has inhibitory influence on the direct pathway and motor activity is increased leading to flicking movements of individual muscles. Where is the lesion in the basal nuclei?
a. globus pallidus
b. striatum
c. subthalamic nuclei
d. Substantia Nigra
b. striatum
the striatum is composed of the Caudate Nucleus and the Putamen
What area of the brain contains both heat-sensitive and cold sensitive neurons?
a. Anterior hypothalamic pre-optic area
b. Pre-optic area
c. posterior hypothalamus
d. dorsal medial portion of posterior hypothalamus
a. Anterior hypothalamic pre-optic area
area causes sweating
Heating this area immediately causes dilation of skin blood vessels over the entire body, profuse sweating over the entire body, and inhibition of excess heat production.
a. Anterior hypothalamic pre-optic area
b. Pre-optic area
c. posterior hypothalamus
d. none of the above
b. Pre-optic area
What is a fever?
Body temperature above the usual range of normal
avg body temp is 98.6
causes: brain abnormalities surgery in region of hypothalamus prostaglandins lipposaccharides
Interstitial cells of Cajal are associated with which of the following functions?
a. Pacemaker activity for smooth muscle cells
b. Secretory activity of the intestinal mucosa
c. Inhibition of stomach motility and secretion
d. Opening of K channels during intestinal contraction
a. Pacemaker activity for smooth muscle cells
Slow waves set max freq of contraction for GI
The voluntary stage of swallowing ends at which of the following stages?
a. Pharynx b. Upper esophagus c. Lower esophagus d. Antrum of stomach
a. Pharynx
What is the proper sequence of layers making up the gut wall from inside (lumen) toward outside
a. Lamina propria, mucosa, submucosa, circular muscle layer b. Lamina propria , mucosa, serosa, submucosa c. Mucosa, lamina propria, submucosa, serosa d. Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis mucosa, circular muscle layer
c. Mucosa, lamina propria, submucosa, serosa