Sensory Integration FoR

Question 1

Grey Matter-

Answer 1

Cell bodies of neurons

Question 2

White Matter-

Answer 2

Axons (insulated wires)

Question 3

Efferent = ___ signals

Answer 3

motor

Question 4

Afferent = ___ signals

Answer 4

sensory

Question 5

Lateral Spinothalamic Tract senses ___ and ____

Answer 5

Pain and temperature

Question 6

Ventral Corticospinal Tract (Anterior) Carries ___

Answer 6

motor information of all the muscles that don’t involve the limbs

Question 7

Anterior Spinothalamic Tract senses ____

Answer 7

Crude touch sensation

Question 8

Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscus Pathway/ Posterior Column Conveys the senses of.

Answer 8

fine touch & proprioception to the brain

Question 9

In the dorsal column medial leminscus pathway, information is taken in and ascends to the brainstem Also know as the ____ system

Answer 9

Discriminative

Question 10

Serotonin is known as the ____ neurotransmitter

Answer 10

Workhorse

Directly and indirectly influences the majority of brain cells.

Question 11

Function of serotonin

Answer 11

Influences mood, appetite, sexual desire/function, sleep, memory/learning

Question 12

Which neurotransmitter directly and indirectly influences the majority of brain cells?

Answer 12

Serotonin

Question 13

Dopamine plays a role in

Answer 13

movement, memory, pleasurable, behavior, cognition, sleep, mood & learning

Question 14

The Proprioceptive Sense – ____ pressure (more ____ feedback)

Answer 14

deep

static

Question 15

· The Vestibular Sense – sense of _____ (feedback in relation to ____)

Answer 15

movement

gravity

Question 16

The _____ system is easiest to detect of all sensory dysfunction because it gets the most abuse

Answer 16

tactile

Question 17

Which system in the primary protective system?

Answer 17

Tactile

Question 18

Which two systems make up the somatosensory system?

Answer 18

proprioceptive and tactile

Question 19

Which system has receptors present in all skeletal muscles?

Answer 19

The proprioceptive system

Question 20

Information from the proprioceptive is carried in the

Answer 20

dorsal column-medial lemniscal system (Discriminative)

Question 21

The propriocepive system · Receives information from:

Answer 21

1) Vestibular pathways

2) Cortex

Question 22

The proprioceptive system · Sends info back to:

Answer 22

1) Brain Stem
2) Cerebellum
3) Thalamus
4) Cortex

Question 23

Functions of the otoliths in the vestibular system?

Answer 23

Linear, positioning, static, postural holding responses

Question 24

Functions of the utricle in the vestibular system?

Answer 24

Sensitive to motions in the horizontal plane-linear

Acceleration – forward or side-to-side

Question 25

Functions of the saccules in the vestibular system?

Answer 25

o Sensitive to motions in the vertical plane o up and down and tilt forward and back

Question 26

The semicircular Canal System is sensitive to?

Answer 26

· Sensitive to rotary movement – angular, changing fast movement.

Question 27

The semicircular canal system sends information to the _____ where the are _____…Connections to eye movement

Answer 27

upper brainstem | Superior Vestibular Nuclei

Question 28

The _____ get the information from the otoliths, utricle, and saccule

Answer 28

inferior vestibular nuclei

Question 29

Antigravity muscles of the neck and upper trunk get information via the

Answer 29

medial and lateral vestibulospinal tracts (related to decreased muscle tone with vestibular problems)

Question 30

Cerebellum- Allows for movement through

Answer 30

inhibition!!!

Question 31

Thalamus- acts as a relay of the information to the

Answer 31

cortex

Question 32

The Interoceptive Sense is the Sense of

Answer 32

Internal Organ Function.

Question 33

Praxis is the

Answer 33

ability to conceive of, plan, and organize a sequence of goal-directed motor actions.

Question 34

Sensory Modulation is the ability to

Answer 34

respond adaptively to sensation over a broad range of intensity and duration.

Question 35

Sensory Discrimination is the ability to interpret and differentiate between the

Answer 35

spatial and temporal qualities of sensory information—or the ‘‘where is it,’’ ‘‘what is it,’’ and ‘‘when did it occur’’ response.

Question 36

Somatosensory Processing Deficits- poor discrimination of

Answer 36

tactile and proprioceptive information.