Exam 8: Control of Movement

A person with damage to the cerebellum would be expected to show

________ will increase their rate of firing in response to a large increase in the tension exerted on a muscle.

The ________ is involved in the organization of how you will move your body in space in response to a verbal command.

The ________ controls movements of the tongue, face, and some eye muscles.

Patterns of firing of neurons in the ________ precede by 10 seconds the decision to make a motor response.

The hyperdirect pathway involves excitatory input from the ________ that rapidly inhibits motor behavior.

A key aspect of ________ apraxia is that a patient asked to imitate a movement is unable to do so using either hand.

The endplate potential

Electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region of the cat will produce

The ________ tract controls movements of the tongue, face, and some eye muscles.

Muscle tension is sensed by ________, whereas muscle fiber length is sensed by ________.

The function of the ________ motor neuron is to control the sensitivity of the muscle spindle.

2- ________ disease is due to degeneration of neurons within the caudate and putamen that result in loss of GABAergic and cholinergic function.

A ________ consists of the extrafusal fibers innervated by a single alpha motorneuron.

2- ________ muscles are also known as antigravity muscles.

An example of a polysynaptic reflex is/are

Parkinson's disease results from loss of ________-secreting neurons of the ________.

Electrical stimulation of the ________ can induce pacing movements in a cat.

The ________ controls the muscles of the limbs and fingers.

The planning of motor movements by the frontal association cortex is executed through connections with