PSB 3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Extrafusal Muscle Fiber, Patellar Reflex, Alpha Motor Neuron
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Which of the following pathways is not a part of the lateral group. A key function of low sensitivity afferents from the golgi tendon organ is to prevent the risk of tearing a tendon from a bone or breaking a bone. Damage involving the ________ tract would be expected to impair posture. vestibulospinal. A key motor function of the reticular formation is to control muscle tone through the gamma motor system. Muscle builders show off their muscles by simultaneously contracting their flexor and extensor muscles. Another name for the muscle spindles is intrafusal muscle fibers. The cerebellum sends outputs to every major brain structure. The cerebellum is involved in the control of posture. The cerebellum contains more neurons than does the cerebral cortex. The direct pathway between the basal ganglia and the motor cortex is ________ for motor movement, whereas the overall effect of the indirect pathway is ________. excitatory; inhibitory.
