Exam 7: The Motor System

Walking, a rhythmic, alternating movement, requires the use of both excitatory neurons and inhibitory neurons.

The Wisconsin card-sorting task demonstrates which loss of function?

The cerebellum receives input from the climbing fibers and the:

A stroke in the brainstem may cause this, as in the case of Jean Dominique Bauby:

The pathway that connects the upper motor neurons of the primary motor cortex to the lower motor neurons in the spinal cord is called the:

The cerebellum works to coordinate movements.

The bicep and tricep, which work in opposition to each other, are an example of:

Type I and Type II muscle fibers can also be called:

If damage occurred to the vestibulospinal tract, cutting off input from the vestibular nuclei, what functions would be effected?

What is the neuromuscular junction?

A lesion on the lateral premotor cortex may lead to:

What do we call the location where motor neurons make contact with muscle fibers?

What is a motor unit?

Where can the most greatest number of neurons in the nervous system be found?

Stellate cells connect to Punkinje cells by way of the dendrites, but basket cells connect by wrapping around the cell:

Basal ganglia circuits help to initiate and maintain activity in the:

Interference with internal control of movements may happen after a lesion on the:

The ventral premotor cortex contains most of the ____, which fire when a monkey or human witnesses the performing of actions similar to their own actions.

The upper motor neurons are located in the:

Alpha motor neurons send out ____ to the muscles.