Multiple Choice
What occurs when gamma motor neurons to a muscle are activated?
A) The muscle spindle goes slack.
B) The contractile ends of intrafusal fibers elongate.
C) The muscle lengthens.
D) Extrafusal muscle fibers within that muscle are inhibited from contracting.
E) Action potential firing increases in afferent neurons from the muscle spindles.
Correct Answer:

Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q7: Why do people with Parkinson's disease experience
Q8: According to the hierarchy of motor control,<br>A)the
Q9: Stretch reflexes<br>A)occur only in the legs.<br>B)inhibit antagonistic
Q10: Once a planned movement is under way,it
Q11: You are a scientist at a pharmaceutical
Q13: When a person steps on a piece
Q14: What is the function of the basal
Q15: Which best describes an event that occurs
Q16: Information from the muscle spindle stretch receptors
Q17: What is the importance of reciprocal innervation