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6 Cards in this Set
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motor program
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pattern of neural activity required to perform a certain movement
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motor unit
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motor neuron plus the muscle fibers it innervates
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Descending pathways
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neural pathways that go from the barin down to the spinal cord
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motor neuronal pool
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all the motor neurons for a given muscle
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muscle spindle
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a receptor organ, made up of specialized muscle fibers, that detects stretch of skeletal
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alpha motor neurons
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motor neuron that innervates extrafusal skeletal muscle fibers
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