Chapter 11 Flashcards
(43 cards)
pre frontal cortex
planning movement, plans complex behavior such as deciding to get up at a certain time to be to work on time.
pre motor cortex
recruits movement, produces the appropriate complex movement sequences. If this is damaged the sequences cannot take place (monkey cannot push food through hole and catch it because there is no coordination between the two hands)
primary motor cortex
specifies how each movement should be carried out
helps refine and make movement smooth
brainstem/cerebellum
topographical organization in spinal cord and cerebellum
central in spinal cord controls the central area of the body, move to the outer part of the spinal cord & it controls extremities
somatosensory information contributes to ______ in the spinal cord
motor reflexes
somatosensory information contributes to ______ in the brainstem
movement timing and control
somatosensory information contributes to ______ in the cerebrum
complex voluntary movements
cerebrum contributes to out ______ control of movement
conscious
brainstem and spinal cord perform out _________ movements
automatic
What are the effects of brainstem stimulation under different conditions with a chicken?
Stimulation of some brainstem sites produces behavior that depends on context, suggesting that an important function of the brainstem is to produce appropriate species-typical behavior
The motor system is organized as _______
hierarchy
The ____ cortex plans movement
pre frontal
The _____ cortex organizes movement sequences to carry out a plan
pre motor
The ____ cortex executes the precise movements
primary motor
The ____ is responsible for species typical movements, for survival-related actions and for posture and walking
brainstem
In addition to serving as a pathway between the brain and the rest of the body, the ____ independently produces reflexive movements
spinal cord
explain what happens when the brain is disconnected from the spinal cord and why?
lower level functions in the motor hierarchy can continue in the absence of higher level ones, but the higher levels provide voluntary control over movements. Movement can no longer be controlled at will
monkey motor cortex
is organized in terms of functional movement categories. The motor cortex maps appear to represent basic “types” of movement that learning and practice can modify. A dictionary of movements that is not large.
The ____ organization of the motor cortex is represented by a _____, in which parts of the body that are capable of the most skilled movements (especially the mouth, fingers, and thumbs) are regulated by _____ cortical regions
topographic, homunculus, larger
Change can take place in the cortical _____ aid in recovery of function after injury to the motor cortex
motor map
Instructions regarding movement travel out from the motor cortex through the _____ tracts to terminate on interneurons that project to motor neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord.
corticospinal,
Many corticospinal-tract fibers cross to the opposite side of the spinal cord to form the ______ tracts; some stay on the same side to form the ____
lateral corticospinal, ventral corticospinal
The ventral corticospinal tracts carry instructions for ______ movements, whereas the lateral corticospinal tracts carry instructions from _____ and ____ movements
trunk, arm, finger