NS 2001- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 74 pages long!)
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355-356, 373-376,721-722 and figures see below: gray matter **unmyelinated*, dorsal horn. Receives terminals from some afferent fibers in the dorsal root ganglion of the spinal nerves involved in sensory info. for fine touch, proprioception, and vibration (sent from receptors of the skin, bones, and joints: ventral horn. Is the column where (alpha)/ lower motor neurons are located. These motor neurons affect the skeletal muscles: intermediate zone, lateral horn, intermediate gray. 355 362: motor neurons fast fatigable (ff) motor units fast fatigue-resistant (fr) motor units, extrafusal muscle fibers, motor unit, motor neuron pool, slow (s) motor units (red, resistant to fatigue, size principle, heteronymous muscle, homonymous muscle. 356: long distance local circuit neurons, short distance local circuit neurons. Sensory systems that are associated with local motor control circuits (pg. 362 -367,196-198: muscle spindle intrafusal muscle fibers, dynamic nuclear bag fibers, static nuclear bag fibers, nuclear chain fibers (static)
