8 The Control of Movement Flashcards
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Control movement of the body in relation to the environment
Skeletal or striated muscles
Controls digestive system and other organs
Smooth muscles
Heart muscles that have properties of skeletal and smooth muscles
Cardiac muscles
A synapse between a motor neuron axon and a muscle fiber
Neuromuscular junction
Oppose each other
Flexor muscles
Extensor muscles
Antagonistic muscles
Produce fast contractions but fatigues rapidly
Fast-twitch fibers
Produce less vigorous vibration without fatigue
Slow-twitch fivers
Slow twitch fibers are ____ and require oxygen during movement and therefore do not fatigue
Aerobic
Does not use oxygen at the time
Fast twitch fibers
Anaerobic
Receptor that detects position movement of a part of the body
Proprietor
Occurs when muscle proprioceptors detect the stretch and tension of a muscle and send a message to the spinal cord to contract it
Stretch reflex
Receptor parallel to the muscle that responds to a stretch
Causes contention of the muscle
Muscle spindle
Respond to increases in muscle tension
Acts like a “brake” by sending an impudent to the spinal cord
Golgi tendon organs
Involuntary, consistent, automatic, responses to stimuli
Reflexes
Movements that once initiated, cannot be altered or corrected
Ballistic movement
Neural mechanisms in spinal cord that generate rhythmic patterns of motor output
Central pattern generators
A fixed sequence of movements
Motor program
Put your finger near a baby it will try to grab it
Grasp reflex
If you rub the bottom of a baby’s foot it will spread its toes
Babinski reflex
If you put your finger on a baby’s cheek it will turn its head toward if
Rooting reflex
Keeps track of the position of the body relative to the world
Posterior parietal cortex
Stores sensory information relevant to a movement and also plans movement according to their probable outcomes
Prefrontal cortex
Damage to prefrontal cortex
Can’t plan well, disorganized
Most active immediately before a movement. When you intend to move
Received info about a target to which the body is directing it’s movement as well as info about the body’s current position and posture
Premotor cortex