Exam 7: The Motor System

Simple movements are directed by the primary motor cortex, whereas more complicated movements are directed by the:

Theory of mind is the ability to:

How is the intraparietal sulcus important to motor functioning?

Shifting between different strategies, such as when performing the Wisconsin card-sorting task, is difficult inpatients with lesion of the:

The urge to urinate would be classified as an externally driven act.

Author Jean Dominique Bauby's Locked-In Syndrome was caused by a stroke in which area of the brain?

The primary motor cortex uses population coding to control movements. This means that each neuron has a _____________ preference.

Strain, or load, in muscles in detected by the:

Once the axon bundles of the corticospinal tract cross to the contralateral side of the body, they are referred to as the:

An intention tremor would appear as an individual:

If an individual is displaying twitching movements of the head, depression, and dementia, they may be suffering of which disease of the Basal ganglia?

Injury to the cerebellum may result in:

Acetylcholinesterase is responsible for the breaking down of:

Each muscle fiber within a muscle receives input from _____ motor neuron.

Dopamine is fed to the Basal Ganglia by the:

Which neurotransmitter is most prominent in the neuromuscular junction?

The ventral horn in the spinal cord contains these neurons:

White matter and grey matter make up this long structure:

An individual is having great difficulty maintaining balance while walking, and often over-corrects when bumping into an object or person. We can assume that there may be damage to the:

Two diseases that effect the motor neurons of the spinal cord are: