Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Integration of sensory information begins in ________ |
Spinal cord |
|
|
Most complicated reflexes can extend to________ |
Cerebrumaftet |
|
|
After the sensory signal enters the spinal cord, every signal will travel to (number)______ destination |
2 separate |
|
|
A single Alpha motor neuron can excites ______ to _____ skeletal muscle fibers |
3 to several 100 |
|
|
Muscle spindles send information to the NS about ________ or________ |
Muscle length, rate of change |
|
|
Golgi tendon organs transmit information about_____ or_____ |
Tendon tension, rate of change of tension |
|
|
Muscle is attached to ______ of surrounding extrafusal fibers |
Glycocalyx |
|
|
the central region of the muscle spindle has no actin or myosin so they don’t contract but it works as a ___________, |
Sensory receptor |
|
|
The muscle spindle receptor can be excited in two ways which are ___________, and___________ |
Stretches the midpoint of the spindle, contration of the end portion of the intrafusal fibers streches the midportion of the spindle |
|
|
____________ is a reflex signal return with the shortest possible time delay bach to the muscle after excitation of the spindle |
A monosynaptic pathway |
|
|
Reaction time for knee jerk_________ |
19-24 ms |
|
|
The gamma efferent system is excited specifically by signals from the ____________ of the brain stem |
Bulboreticular facilitatory region |
|
|
Anxiety (increase/decrease)________ tendon reflex |
Increase |
|
|
_________ is when you try to pull the hands apart when the flexed fingers are hooked together, which facilitates the knee jerk reflex |
Jendrassik’s maneuver |
|
|
__________\ Withdrawing the limb from the stimulating object |
Flexor reflex |
|
|
If some part of the body other than one of the limbs is painfully stimulated, the reflex of it is called_________ |
Withdrawal reflex |
