Exam 15: The Nervous System: Sensory and Motor Tracts of the Spinal Cord

Using the figure above, identify the labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label A.

The corticospinal tracts can be defined as ________.

Which area of the brain coordinates complex motor patterns?

Using the figure above, identify the labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label F.

The hypothalamus initiates voluntary motor activity.

Using the figure above, identify the labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions: -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label F.

Which of these movements or muscle groups is not controlled by motor information transmitted by the corticobulbar tracts?

A first-order neuron ________.

The complex unconscious motor patterns that control activities such as riding a bicycle are located in the________.

Using the figure above, identify the labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label I.

Where would you expect to find CNS damage in a person who displays an inability to maintain posture and balance?

The axons of most of the second-order neurons of the anterior spinocerebellar tract cross before entering the tract and then cross again within the cerebellum.

Using the figure above, identify the labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label M.

Sensations detected by the receptors of the anterior spinothalamic tracts include ________.

When a person displays a "startle response," in which reflexive changes in the position of the head, neck, and upper limbs occur in response to bright lights, sudden movements or loud noises, which of the following regions is responsible?

Using the figure above, identify the labeled structure(s) in each of the following questions. -Identify the structure(s) indicated by Label E.

Neurons whose cell bodies are located in the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus are called ________.

All the levels of somatic motor control affect the activity of (the)________.

A motor homunculus ________.

The ________ tract carries information that controls muscle tone and balance.