Voluntary Motion Flashcards

1
Q

What information does the V6A and PEc receive? What lobe are these areas located on?

A

Receives visual information

Parietal lobe (cortex)

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What does the ventral intraparietal(VIP) area do? What action is it involved in?

A

Creates a rough map of space around you

Reaching

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3
Q

What region of the brain is the F4 located in? What action is it associated with?

A

Premotor cortex

Reaching

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4
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How does the F4 region create a detailed map of the space around you?

A

Neurons in F4 are excited by proximity (more activity the closer an object is)

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5
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What information does the superior parietal cortex receive?

A

Visual information about where your arm is in space

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6
Q

What region in the brain would generate a map of the location of your arm in relationship to your body and the things around you?

A

F2

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7
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What actions are the anterior intraparietal area and PFG responsive to?

A

Seeing an object and grasping it

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8
Q

The F5 region receives information from what region of the brain?

A

PFG/Anterior intraparietal area

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9
Q

When do neurons in the F5 region fire?

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With the goal of the action (Intended goal: to drink the tea, how it is held is not important)

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10
Q

What is the visual pathway required for reaching and grasping?

A

Dorsal visual pathway

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11
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What motor cortex receives sensory information required to move and determines the appropriate motion and intent of the motion?

A

Premotor cortex

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12
Q

What is the supplementary motor area of the supplementary motor cortex involved in?

A

Postural control

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13
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What is the pre-supplementary area of the supplementary motor cortex involved in?

A

Plans motor program required to make the action occur

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14
Q

What is the function of the supplementary motor cortex?

A

Organize motor sequences

Acquire motor skills (with cerebellum)

Executive control (decision to switch actions/strategies)

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15
Q

Axons from what cortical layer become the upper motor neurons?

A

Layer V

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16
Q

What structures transmit the output from the cerebellum?

A

Deep Cerebellar nuclei:

Dentate, fastigial, Interpositus (Globose + emboliform)

17
Q

What are the inputs and outputs to the vermis of the spinocerebellum?

A

Input: Efferent copy, vestibular, auditory input

Output: Interpositus and Fastigial Nuclei

18
Q

What is the action of the paravermal region of the spinocerebellum?

A

Feedback control of ongoing motion

Control of ballistic motion

19
Q

What are the inputs and outputs of the spinocerebellum?

A

Input: efferent copy and muscle afferent info

Output: Interpositus nuclei

20
Q

What are the inputs and outputs of the cerebrocerebellum?

A

Input: Cerebral cortex relating to motion

Output: Dentate nucleus

21
Q

To produce motion, we must ____ the direct pathway and ____ the indirect pathway

A

Activate

Inactivate

22
Q

To make motion occur, what is the brain’s action on muscle spindles in the antagonist muscle?

A

Inhibits alpha-motor neurons and gamma-motor neurons