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Crs 102 Week 9 & 10
Crs 102 Week 9 & 10
CRS 102 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY ● Movements from this area are activated by
WEEK 9- MOTOR SYSTEMS II: VOLUNTARY external stimuli
MOVEMENT ● Takes input from the cerebellum
● Present here is the “mirror neurons” which
helps us learn by imitation
OUTLINE:
● Main functions:
○ Controlling axial and proximal
● CORTICAL CONTROL OF
muscles
MOVEMENT
○ Facilitating sequential movement
○ Prefrontal Cortex
○ Premotor Area
○ Supplementary Motor Area
○ Primary Motor Area SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA
● The supplementary motor area and
● BRAINSTEM & DESCENDING Brodmann Area 6 both contribute to motor
MOTOR TRACKS planning and coordination, with the
● PYRAMIDAL SYSTEM supplementary motor area specializing in
● Lateral System the planning of complex, bilateral
○ Corticospinal Tract movements, while Brodmann area 6 plays
○ Rubrospinal Tract a broader role in motor planning and
● Medial System execution.
○ Reticulospinal Tract ● Movements in this area are initiated
○ Vestibulospinal Tract internally
○ Tectospinal Tract ● This area receives input from basal
○ Brainstem ganglia
○ Spinal Cord ● Main functions:
○ Mental rehearsal
● SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF UPPER ○ Bimanual movement (e.g. using
AND LOWER MOTOR LEISIONS both hands to button a shirt)
○ Faster, more complex movement
● EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM
○ Basal Ganglia
○ Cerebellum PRIMARY MOTOR AREA
● The primary motor area, located in
Brodmann area 4 of the cerebral cortex, is
primarily responsible for the execution of
CORTICAL CONTROL OF MOVEMENT voluntary motor movements.
● Is responsible for the force and speed of
PREFRONTAL CORTEX action (e.g how fast we walk)
● The Prefrontal cortex is responsible for ● Main functions:
motor planning, integrating sensory ○ Facilitates direct activation of alpha
information, and selecting the most motor neurons in the spinal cord
appropriate response to stimuli. for movement
PREMOTOR AREA
● The premotor area, often associated with
Brodmann area 6, is a brain region that
plays a central role in motor planning and
organizing complex movements
● The vestibulospinal tract is a neural ● The spinal cord takes an important role in
pathway that originates in the vestibular central pattern generation, responsible for
nuclei of the brainstem and plays a key generating rhythmic motor patterns such
role in relaying signals from the vestibular as walking or swimming, due to networks
system to the spinal cord to regulate of neurons within the spinal cord known as
posture and balance. central pattern generators.
● Facilitates activity of extensor muscles
● Inhibits flexor muscles
● Main function is to control the excitatory SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF UPPER AND
signals to different antigravity muscles to LOWER MOTOR LEISIONS
maintain equilibrium
● 2 divisions:
○ Lateral Vestibulospinal Tract Lower motor Upper motor
■ Facilitates the postural neuron neuron
muscles of the back and syndrome syndrome
lower extremities Strength Weakness or Weakness
○ Medial Vestibulospinal Tract paralysis
■ Facilitates the postural
Muscle bulk Severe atrophy Mid or no
muscles of the neck and
develops atrophy
upper extremities
develops
Reflexes Hypoactive, Hyperactive,
superficial and deep reflexes
TECTOSPINAL TRACT
deep reflexes after the initial
● The tectospinal tract is a neural pathway
period of spinal
that originates in the midbrains superior
shock
colliculus
● Plays a role in coordinating head and eye Special signs Initial signs and Initial period of
movements in response to visual stimuli. and symptoms spinal shock,
symptoms persist then spasticity
ensues
Fasciculations
BRAINSTEM
and fibrillations Bobinski’s sign
● The brainstem is critical for regulating
and clonus
postural reflexes, as it houses vital centers
Georgraphic
such as the vestibular and reticular
distribution of More
formation that control balance, muscle
impairment widespread
tone, and anticipatory postural
distribution
adjustments.
Impairment of
● Also regulates postural tone by integrating
reflexive and Impairment of
sensory information and coordinating
gross or fine fine voluntary
motor responses to maintain balance and
voluntary movements,
stability.
movements gross
● Initiates locomotor rhythm by coordinating
movements
and regulating motor patterns necessary
relatively
for activities like walking and running.
unimpaired
SPINAL CORD
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM
● Responsible for more automatic and ● Plays a crucial role in motor control and
subconscious motor functions, including coordination, which can indirectly
maintaining posture, balance, and influence extrapyramidal functions,
coordination particularly in terms of fine-tuning and
regulating movement.
BASAL GANGLIA ● The cerebellum has 3 functional divisions:
● Consists of several nuclei, with the ○ Vestibulocerebellum
striatum (comprising the caudate and ■ closely related to the
putamen) serving as the primary input flocculonodular lobe,
structure ■ primarily processes
● Output within the basal ganglia occurs information related to
through GABA balance and eye movement
● Involved in the dopaminergic pathway, ■ considered the oldest
which is linked to motivation and reward ■ controls the axial muscles
● Functions of the basal ganglia: ( muscles that contribute to
○ prepare and facilitate movements maintaining an upright
while inhibiting unwanted or posture and stability in the
unnecessary ones body)
○ This includes selecting the ○ Spinocerebellum
appropriate movement for a given ■ facilitates the actual
context execution of a movement
○ And controlling the timing and ■ compares feedback and
scaling of these movements. correct any that deviate
○ Essentially, it contributes to the ■ maintains coordination of
execution of complex, skilled hands and fingers
movements and helps individuals ■ prevent overshooting and
perform tasks with precision. undershooting, ensuring
● When the basal ganglia are affected by that voluntary movements
injury or neurodegenerative diseases, are executed smoothly and
such as Parkinson's disease, it can lead to accurately
a range of movement-related issues: ○ Cerebrocerebellum
○ Akinesia ■ significant role in planning
■ poverty of movement and programming
○ Bradykinesia movements within the body
■ Unaturally slow movement ■ receives input from the
○ Dyskinesia cerebral cortex to help
■ involuntary abnormal optimize motor control in
movement activities that demand
○ Rigidity precision and dexterity
■ stiff or inflexible muscles ■ sequential to progressive
movement
■ provides planning to rapidly
changing movement
CEREBELLUM
● Conditions of the cerebellum can include:
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○ Dysmetria
■ inability to judge distance,
includes over and
undershooting
■ can be determined using
the finger to nose test
○ Ataxia
■ seemingly drunken walking
○ Dysdiadochokinesia
■ inability to perform rapid
alternative movements
○ Hypotonia
■ reduced muscle tone or
muscle weakness
visceroreceptors provide
information about the
internal environment.
Proprioceptors associated with joints,
tendons, and other
connective tissue
Sclera gives shape to the eyeball, the PROBLEMS WITH VISUAL ACUITY
“white” of the eye ● Visual acuity problems can arise from
Cornea Transparent coat that covers the various factors and conditions that affect
iris the eye's ability to see clearly and
Pupil hole in the center of the iris distinguish fine details.
Iris colored portion of the eyeball &
regulates the size of the pupil
Lens located behind the pupil and iris,
helps focus images on the retina to
facilitate clear vision
EYE MECHANISM
● Accommodation- the process of
changing the shape of the lens, when
looking at something near or far
● Convergence- medial rotation of the eys
as an object is kept focused on
corresponding areas of each retina.
Otherwise, the object appears blurry
● Reflection- bouncing of light from the
surface when it strikes and object that is
not transparent
● Refraction- bending of light, as it passes
from air to a denser substance, such as a
glass of water, its speed slows and the
rays bend.
EAR ANATOMY
● Nasal part of visual field ● 3 structures of the external ear:
○ the medial area of the eye near the ○ Auricle/ pinna
nose ○ External auditory canal
● Temporal part of visual field ○ Tympanic membrane
○ the lateral area of the eye near the ● 3 ossicles located in the middle of the
temporal area of the head ear:
○ Malleus or Hammer
1. The visual field is split into temporal and ○ Incus or Anvil
nasal sections. ○ Stapes or Stirrup
2. After passing through the eye's lens, light ● 3 bony labyrinth regions that compose
from one side of the visual field projects to the inner ear:
the opposite side of the retina. ○ Vestibule- primarily involved in
3. The optic nerve is composed of axons balance
that extend from the retina to the optic ○ Semicircular canals- primarily
chiasm. involved n balance
4. At the optic chiasm, axons from the nasal ○ Cochlea- responsible for hearing
portion of the retina cross over and project
to the opposite side of the brain, while
axons from the temporal portion do not
cross.
5. An optic tract consists of axons that have
passed through the optic chiasm, whether
they crossed over or not, on their way to
the thalamus.
REFERENCES:
BOOK REFERENCES
MULTIMEDIA
Broschak, Dr. M. (2023, March 29). Myopia vs.
hyperopia: What’s the difference?: Kelowna.
Orchard Park Optometry | Kelowna’s Family
Optometrists.
https://orchardparkoptometry.com/myopia-vs-hyp
eropia-whats-the-difference/