Exam 4: Neuromotor Basis for Motor Control

The __________ cortex is the location of the transition between the perception of sensory information and the resulting action.

Most of the extrapyramidal tract fibers crossover in the brainstem to the opposite side of the body.

Motor neurons are also called:

This area of the cerebral cortex is primarily responsible for organizing movements before they are initiated.

The pyramidal tracts are a set of _____ pathways in the nervous system.

The pyramidal and extrapyramidal tracts are two of which of the following types of tracts of the spinal cord?

The nerve fiber that transmits information from the neuron is the:

The primary motor cortex is the area of the cerebral cortex primarily responsible for movement initiation and the coordination of movements for fine motor skills.

Parkinson's disease is the result of a dysfunction of this area of the brain.

The areas of the cerebral cortex that would interconnect the various cortex areas needed to perform a choice reaction time task are known as the _____ areas.

Sensory neurons are also known as _____ neurons.

The thalamus and pons are parts of the limbic system.

The forebrain consists of the

Carson and Kelso demonstrated that to fully understand the neural correlates of motor control, in addition to identifying brain region and muscle innervation characteristics, we need to know:

The cerebellum, like the cerebral cortex, has two hemispheres.

The copy of neural signals about an intended movement sent by the motor cortex to the cerebellum is known as the:

The nervous system contains fewer sensory neurons than either motor neurons or interneurons.

This type of neuron is most frequently found in the nervous system.

A motor unit consists of:

The _____ are extensions from the neuron's cell body that are primarily responsible for receiving information from other neurons.