Exam 4: Neuromotor Basis for Motor Control

The most posterior lobe of the cerebral cortex,which is especially important for visual perception,is the lobe.

The thin tissue of nerve cells that covers the cerebral cortex is call matter.

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

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

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

A motor unit consists of:

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

The pyramidal tract is also referred to as the corticospinal tract.

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

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

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

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.

The sheet of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum is referred to as the.

Parkinson's disease is caused by a lack of production of by the substantia nigra.

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

Motor neurons are also called:

Which of the following is an important subcortical structure involved in the control of movement?

Pyramidal cells are sensory neurons located in the brain.

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 motor unit recruitment principle shows that motor units are recruited in the following order: