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What is the significance of the crossing over of the descending motor pathways?
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∙ 12y ago
it is important to keep balance and the brain stays connected with both hemisphere. Remember right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice verse
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What is descending tract and one ascending tract in upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron?
central nervous system (CNS) is the descending tract and one ascending tract in upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron.
Major functions of the phrenic nerves?
They are motor nerves which lead to the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles
Complex motor activities are controlled by?
a combination of different brain regions and neural pathways. These activities involve coordination of multiple muscles and require the integration of sensory information. The primary motor cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia play key roles in planning, executing, and refining complex motor movements. Additionally, sensory areas, such as the somatosensory cortex, provide feedback to help monitor and adjust movements.
Loss of ability to perform skilled motor activities are damaged to what?
Loss of ability to perform skilled motor activities is often due to damage to the motor cortex or the pathways that connect the motor cortex to the muscles. Other possible causes include damage to the cerebellum or basal ganglia, which are involved in coordinating movement. Additionally, damage to the spinal cord can also result in loss of skilled motor function below the level of the injury.
Where do upper neurons descend on lower neurons?
Movement is controlled by motor neurons that innervate muscles. Motor neurons can be classified by their location as upper motor neurons or lower motor neurons.Upper motor neurons have cell bodies in the somatosensory and motor cortex of the brain that send axons down to the spinal cord or brainstem. Upper motor neurons descend through the posterior limb of the internal capsule in the cerebrum, through the crus cerebri of the midbrain, through the basilar pons, through the medullary pyramids, crossing midline at the pyramidal decussation in the caudal medulla, and descending through the anterior and lateral corticospinal tracts of the spinal cord to terminate at their respective ventral horn levels. Corticobulbar fibers are upper motor neurons that innervate brainstem nuclei for cranial nerves. They descend through the genu of the internal capsule of the cerebrum to various brainstem cranial nerve nuclei or reticular formation nuclei that innervate brainstem cranial nerve nuclei.Lower motor neurons have cell bodies in the ventral horns throughout the spinal cord. These motor neurons receive excitation information from the upper motor neurons as well as a large amount of modulating input from a variety of other neuronal sources. For cranial nerves the lower motor neurons are located within the brainstem cranial nerve nuclei: occulomotor nucleus, trochlear nucleus, abducens nucleus, trigeminal motor nucleus, facial nucleus, spinal accessory nucleus, hypoglossal nucleus, & nucleus ambiguous.
How many motor neurons are involved in the descending motor pathways?
two motor neurons are always involved in descending motor pathways. the upper motor neuron and the lower motor neuron.
Does the descending or motor pathways carry information away from the brain and toward the body through two groups of neurons?
True
What is descending tract and one ascending tract in upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron?
central nervous system (CNS) is the descending tract and one ascending tract in upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron.
Where is the brainstem located?
The brainstem contains ascending and descending nerve pathways that carry sensory input and motor output information to and from higher brain regions
What is an internueron?
A cell that connects sensory and motor pathways for reflexes.
What is principle of final common path as it pertains to somatic motor pathways?
This means that all the somatic motor pathways involve a single motor neuron whose axon stretches from the cell body in CBS all the way to the effector unrepeated by that neuron.
What track is the major descending voluntary motor tract?
The corticospinal tract
The parasympathetic motor pathways begin in the areas?
Most parasympathetic motor pathways begin in the dorsal aspect of the medulla, in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve. Parasympathetic motor pathways also come from the preganglionic cell bodies located in the lateral horn of the spinal cord in the sacral region (pelvic splanchnic nerves). Thus, the description cranio-sacral is often used to describe the origins of the parasympathetic innervation.
What are the release dates for Crossing the Alps in a Motor - 1911?
Crossing the Alps in a Motor - 1911 was released on: USA: 19 September 1911
Why in stroke patients thumb abduction is impaired?
It all depends on the area of the brain that has the CVA. Sometimes walking or talking can be affected. As for an individual finger, the motor cortex and/or the corticospinal tract has been damaged. Spared motor areas and descending pathways that remain might activate finger muscles, but cannot fully compensate for the highly selective control provided by the primary motor cortex and the crossed corticospinal system.Therapy may or may not help.
What is motor program?
The set of coordinated commands that control the programmed muscle activity mediated by extapyramidal pathways is often called a motor program.
Do descending fiber tracts of the spinal cord carry sensory or motor information?
The ascending tracts carry information to the brain.
