Muscle fiber types and recruitment US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Muscle fiber types and recruitment Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: In the muscle stretch reflex, some Ia and II afferent fibers stimulate _____ muscles (agonist or antagonist) causing muscle contraction
Answer: agonist
Flashcard 2: _____ motor neurons (alpha or gamma) make skeletal muscle contract
Answer: Alpha
Flashcard 3: How does exercise affect total peripheral resistance? _____
Answer: Decreased TPR
Flashcard 4: Type _____ muscle fibers are also known as slow twitch muscle fibers
Answer: I
Flashcard 5: What kind of nerves carry inputs to the cerebellum?
Answer: climbing and mossy fibers
Flashcard 6: coordination of extremities
Answer: lateral cerebellum
Flashcard 7: Aδ type free nerve ending
Answer: myelinated, fast conduction
Extra: skin, viscera pain, temperature
Flashcard 8: Merkel's disc
Answer: large, myelinated, slow adaptation
Extra: hair follicles pressure, deep static touch, position
mnemonic: Merkel's Manly Massage
Flashcard 9: myoclonus
Answer: sudden, brief, uncontrolled muscle contraction; jerks and hiccups
Flashcard 10: Outline the indirect pathway of the basal ganglia.
Answer: motor cortex - putmen - GPe - STN - GPi - thalamus - motor cortex - motor nerves
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