Which indirect motor pathway has upper motor neurons that conduct impulses to skeletal muscles that are involved in maintaining posture and balance in response to head movements?
A) vestibulospinal tract
B) tectospinal tract
C) rubrospinal tract
D) reticulospinal tract
Answer: A
Learn More :
Sensory
- Muscle spindles contain neurons called (blank) motor neurons.
- Awakening from sleep is called
- In the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a surgical technique known as (blank) involves the destruction of a part of the globus pallidus.
- Which of the following would detect changes in the temperature of the air around you?
- Third-order neurons conduct impulses from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory area of the cortex
- Which of the following are components of the basal nuclei?
- Which receptor exhibits very little sensory adaptation?
- Which of the following is true regarding REM sleep?
- The (blank) is a thin ribbon-like projection tract that extends from the medulla to the thalamus
- If a receptor continues to trigger impulses as long as the stimulus is applied, then it is called a (blank) adapting receptor
- Slowness of motor movements is called
- Upper motor neurons from the (blank) regulate muscle tone and help maintain balance and orientation of the head and body.
- Most reflexes are intact and muscles are slightly relaxed in which stage of NREM sleep?
- (blank) are receptors deep in the dermis which detect intense (high frequency) vibrations.
- (blank) is the awareness of changes in the external or internal environment.
- Decreased range of motion in muscle movements is called
- Which disease if left untreated can cause progressive degeneration of the posterior portion of the spinal column, loss of somatic sensations, and uncoordinated and jerky movements?
- The state of wakefulness is called
- Interneurons in the brain stem and spinal cord called (blank) neurons provide input to lower motor neurons.
- Slowly adapting touch receptors that respond to touch and light pressure called
- If large enough, a (blank) potential at dendrites of a free nerve ending will produce an Action potential in the axon of a first-order sensory neuron.
- Treatment of Parkinson's disease involves taking dopamine orally.
- Somatic sensory impulses from the face, mouth, teeth, and eyes travel along the (blank) nerves into the brain stem.
- Which of the following is a part of the indirect motor (extrapyramidal) pathways?
- The thermoreceptors which detect (blank) temperatures are located in the dermis.
Motor
- Muscle spindles contain neurons called (blank) motor neurons.
- Awakening from sleep is called
- In the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a surgical technique known as (blank) involves the destruction of a part of the globus pallidus.
- Which of the following would detect changes in the temperature of the air around you?
- Third-order neurons conduct impulses from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory area of the cortex
- Which of the following are components of the basal nuclei?
- Which receptor exhibits very little sensory adaptation?
- Which of the following is true regarding REM sleep?
- The (blank) is a thin ribbon-like projection tract that extends from the medulla to the thalamus
- If a receptor continues to trigger impulses as long as the stimulus is applied, then it is called a (blank) adapting receptor
- Slowness of motor movements is called
- Upper motor neurons from the (blank) regulate muscle tone and help maintain balance and orientation of the head and body.
- Most reflexes are intact and muscles are slightly relaxed in which stage of NREM sleep?
- (blank) are receptors deep in the dermis which detect intense (high frequency) vibrations.
- (blank) is the awareness of changes in the external or internal environment.
- Decreased range of motion in muscle movements is called
- Which disease if left untreated can cause progressive degeneration of the posterior portion of the spinal column, loss of somatic sensations, and uncoordinated and jerky movements?
- The state of wakefulness is called
- Interneurons in the brain stem and spinal cord called (blank) neurons provide input to lower motor neurons.
- Slowly adapting touch receptors that respond to touch and light pressure called
- If large enough, a (blank) potential at dendrites of a free nerve ending will produce an Action potential in the axon of a first-order sensory neuron.
- Treatment of Parkinson's disease involves taking dopamine orally.
- Somatic sensory impulses from the face, mouth, teeth, and eyes travel along the (blank) nerves into the brain stem.
- Which of the following is a part of the indirect motor (extrapyramidal) pathways?
- The thermoreceptors which detect (blank) temperatures are located in the dermis.
Integrative Systems
- Muscle spindles contain neurons called (blank) motor neurons.
- Awakening from sleep is called
- In the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a surgical technique known as (blank) involves the destruction of a part of the globus pallidus.
- Which of the following would detect changes in the temperature of the air around you?
- Third-order neurons conduct impulses from the thalamus to the primary somatosensory area of the cortex
- Which of the following are components of the basal nuclei?
- Which receptor exhibits very little sensory adaptation?
- Which of the following is true regarding REM sleep?
- The (blank) is a thin ribbon-like projection tract that extends from the medulla to the thalamus
- If a receptor continues to trigger impulses as long as the stimulus is applied, then it is called a (blank) adapting receptor
- Slowness of motor movements is called
- Upper motor neurons from the (blank) regulate muscle tone and help maintain balance and orientation of the head and body.
- Most reflexes are intact and muscles are slightly relaxed in which stage of NREM sleep?
- (blank) are receptors deep in the dermis which detect intense (high frequency) vibrations.
- (blank) is the awareness of changes in the external or internal environment.
- Decreased range of motion in muscle movements is called
- Which disease if left untreated can cause progressive degeneration of the posterior portion of the spinal column, loss of somatic sensations, and uncoordinated and jerky movements?
- The state of wakefulness is called
- Interneurons in the brain stem and spinal cord called (blank) neurons provide input to lower motor neurons.
- Slowly adapting touch receptors that respond to touch and light pressure called
- If large enough, a (blank) potential at dendrites of a free nerve ending will produce an Action potential in the axon of a first-order sensory neuron.
- Treatment of Parkinson's disease involves taking dopamine orally.
- Somatic sensory impulses from the face, mouth, teeth, and eyes travel along the (blank) nerves into the brain stem.
- Which of the following is a part of the indirect motor (extrapyramidal) pathways?
- The thermoreceptors which detect (blank) temperatures are located in the dermis.