Test 2 #3 Flashcards
how many neurons participate in a stretch reflex such as a knee jerk?
2
What cortical layer contains BETZ cells?
Inner pyramidal
Alpha motor neurons innervate
Extrafusal fibers
gamma motor neurons innervate
intrafusal fibers
Afferent fibers are always sensory t/f?
False
t/f corticospinal fibers are association type fibers?
true
strip of skin innervated by single spinal nerve
dermatome
muscle spindles are
stretch receptors
Nuclear bag fibers receive _____ and _____ fibers
IA primary afferent, Group II afferent
the corticospinal tract descends in the _____ limb of the internal casual and is originated in the _____ cortex within the percentile gyrus
posterior, motor
in the spinal cord the ventral root is ______ in function
motor
compared to large muscles in the thigh, finger muscles require
greater neuronal involvement
first order tract of proprioception from the lower limb is the ______ tract
fasciculus gracilis
the unconscious proprioceptive fibers of the fasciculus cuneus terminates in the ______ nucleus
accessory cuneate
loss of _____ would result from a lesion of the cortical spinal tract?
Ipsilateral voluntary motor control
the _______ tract is concerned with intersegmental spinal reflexes
fasciculus proper
gives rise the lateral corticospinal tract
pyramidal decussation