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Week 1
Week 1 Review
8
Medical
Professional
05/26/2008

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Term
Fiber types - Ia
Definition
Muscle spindle primary endings
Term
Fiber types - Ib
Definition
Golgi tendon organs
Term
Fiber types - γ
Definition
Efferents to intrafusal fibers
Term
Fiber types - C
Definition
Most nociceptors (dull, aching pain)
Warmth receptors
Itch receptors
Postganglionic autonomic efferents
Term
Fiber types - α
Definition
Efferents to extrafusal muscle fibers
Term
Stretch reflex
Definition
Ia and II -->
1. [+;Dorsal Nuc. of Clarke (C8-L2)] --> D. spinocerebellar tract
2. [+]Homonymous muscle
3. [+]Synergist muscles
4. [-][+]antagonist (heteromynous) muscle

Mod: 1. Descending motor systems
2. Cutaneous afferents to γ and α motor neurons
Term
Golgi tendon organ reflex
Definition
Ib --> [+/-] descending mod
1. [-] [+] Flexor muscle
2. [+] [+] Extensor muscle
Term
Flexion-crossed extension reflex
Definition
Aδ -->
1. [-] [+] Ipsilateral extensor
2. [+] [+] Ipsilateral flexor
3. [-] [+] Contoralateral flexor
4. [+] [+] Contralateral extensor
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