Spindles Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

__________: impulses from the brain stem and spinal cord to the thalamus Correct Answer-Second-order neurons ________ learning occurs when a connection is made between two stimuli Correct Answer-Associative Present in ______muscle fibers are muscle spindles consisting of several slowly adapting _______ nerve endings that wrap around 3 to 10 specialized muscle fibers and detected changes in the muscle. Correct Answer-intrafusal / sensory ____ would detect irritation on the skin if you di...

What is the difference in threshold between muscle and nerve fibers? Correct Answer-The nerve fiber has a lower threshold for activation than muscle fibers What is the relationship between the length of a tendon and its compliance? Correct Answer-Longer tendons means it has more compliance Are nerves myelinated? Correct Answer-Yes Are muscles myelinated? Correct Answer-No they aren't What is curare? How does it work? Correct Answer--A drug that if taken can produce paralysis by inte...

Interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create movement - correct answer Kinetic chain brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts - correct answer Central nervous system all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body - correct answer Peripheral nervous system sense distortion in body tissues - correct answer mechanoreceptors mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension - correct answer Golgi tendon organs mechanoreceptor that s...

1. interrelation of nervous, muscular & skeletal systems ANS kinetic chain 2. includes brain & spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts ANS central nervous system 3. includes all nerves branching from spinal cord, extending out to the body- ANS peripheral nervous system 4. sense distortion in body tissues ANS mechanoreceptors 5. sensitive to changes in tension ANS Golgi tendon organs 6. sensitive to changes in length ANS muscle spindles 7. cumulative sensory input to the CNS...

PMC Prep Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What is the fungi cell wall composed of? - ANSWERSchitin, glucans, mannans What is a single-cell fungi that is nonfilamentous, unicellular, and ovaloid? - ANSWERSYeast What is a multicellular fungi that is characterized by hyphae? - ANSWERSMold Involves deep epidermis and keratinized body areas? - ANSWERSCutaneous Involves dermis, subq tissue and muscle, fungal growth produces a lesion? - ANSWERSSubcutaneous Limited to outer layer...

Nasm CPT Final Exam Study Guide (2024/2025) (Complete and Verified) Proprioception The body's ability to to sense the relative position of adjacent parts of the body Ex: when walking our feet give us proprioception about the type of surface we are on. Mechanoreceptors specialized structures that recognize pressure in tissue and transmit signals to sensory nerves. Muscle Spindles sensory receptors in the muscles that are parallel to the muscle fibers and are sensitive to change i...

AEA Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers ____________ is defines as the maximum force that can be exerted by a muscle or muscle group against a resistance - Correct Answer- muscular strength what type of stretching activates the muscle spindles? - Correct Answer- Ballistic Stretching What are muscle spindles? - Correct Answer- specialized receptors in the muscle that monitor muscle length change and the speed of muscle length change

MBLEx Practice Test Questions and Answers 100% Pass What type of effect is considered when manual therapy stimulates changes in the body's structure and physiology? Loosening of the fascia In the SOAP note format, what does the "S" represent? Subjective information When should massage treatment be locally avoided for a client with a seborrheic keratosis lesion? It should be avoided if the lesion is irritated or bleeding. A long-term client suggests paying for sessions...

BIO 115 FINAL (Barry) WVU LATEST VERSION GRADED A+ scientific theory an explanation for a very general class of phenomena or observations that are supported by a wide body of evidence hypothesis -must be testable -must be falsifiable -is a proposed explanation for an observation mitotic spindles come out of centrosomes kinetochore microtubules spindle fibers that attach to the kinetochore (center) of chromosome non-kinetochore microtubules spindle fibers that attach to sp...

The ________________ us the component of the motor neuron where the excitatory post-synaptic potentials summate to generate an action potential Correct Answer-D) Axon Hillock Which of the following is a neural control strategy to grade force? Correct Answer-C) Both Why would recruitment range of the adductor pollicies be narrower than the soleus? Correct Answer-A) Function or task requirement What is a motor unit? Correct Answer-A) The alpha motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers in ...