Sensory Receptors
Nociceptors respond to this type of stimulus
What is pain?
Nerves that only carry information to the CNS are classified as this
What is afferent?
Nerves that innervate our upper limbs arise from this
What is brachial plexus?
The highest level in the hierarchy of motor control
What is precommand?
The spinal reflexes occur when you step barefoot on broken glass
What is crossed-extensor?
Receptors sensitive to stimuli arising outside the body are classified as this
What is exteroceptors?
A group of neuron cell bodies in the PNS
What is ganglion?
Parts of this cranial nerve are numbed during dental work
What is trigeminal?
A reflex that results from practice is a(n) ______ reflex
What is an acquired reflex?
The receptors for the stretch reflex
What are muscle spindles?
A tactile disc is an example of an _________ receptor
What is an unencapsulated receptor?
The connective tissue covering that surrounds the myelin sheaths of a neuron
What is endoneurium?
Partial paralysis of facial muscles could be due to a problem with this cranial nerve
What is VII (facial nerve)?
These two brain areas are the precommand areas
What is basal nuclei and cerebellum?
The reflex that causes a muscle to relax in response to an increase in muscle tension
What is Golgi tendon reflex?
Ascending pathways make up this level of sensory integration
What is a circuit level?
Regeneration in the nervous system is restricted to this
What are cell axons in the PNS?
The cranial nerve, if injured or inflamed, would impair swallowing and taste
What is IX (glossopharyngeal cranial nerve)?
Central pattern generators are involved in this type of movement
What is rhythmic?
A reflex occurs on the same side of the body as the stimulus
What is ipsilateral?
The two-point discrimination test is performed to measure the quality of this type of discrimination
What is spatial?
The ability to detect the intensity of a stimulus
What is magnitude estimation?
Our “funny bone” is actually this nerve
What is ulnar?
What is reflex?
Antagonistic muscles are inhibited during reflexes
What is reciprocal inhibition?