Exercise physiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What kind of nerves carry inputs to the cerebellum?

Answer: climbing and mossy fibers

Flashcard 2: coordination of extremities

Answer: lateral cerebellum

Flashcard 3: Aδ type free nerve ending

Answer: myelinated, fast conduction

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Flashcard 4: Merkel's disc

Answer: large, myelinated, slow adaptation

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Flashcard 5: myoclonus

Answer: sudden, brief, uncontrolled muscle contraction; jerks and hiccups

Flashcard 6: Outline the indirect pathway of the basal ganglia.

Answer: motor cortex - putmen - GPe - STN - GPi - thalamus - motor cortex - motor nerves

Flashcard 7: Which basal ganglia pathway promotes movement?

Answer: direct mnemonic: indirect inhibits

Flashcard 8: postural adjustment

Answer: basal ganglia

Flashcard 9: execution of movements

Answer: basal ganglia

Flashcard 10: exponential/log/growth

Answer: rapid cell division

Extra: B