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Test Bank for Behavioral Neuroscience, 9th Edition by Marc Breedlove, Neil Watson Chapter 11 Motor Control and Plasticity

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Chapter 11: Motor Control and Plasticity

1. reflex a simple, unvarying response to sensory stimuli such
as touch, pressure, pain

2. motor plan complex set of commands to muscles that is estab-
lished before the behavior starts

3. electromyography the electrical recording of muscle activity

4. muscles produce action potentials
_______________
when they contract

5. closed-loop control a control mechanism that provides a flow of informa-
mechanism tion from whatever is being controlled to the device
that controls it

6. closed-loop control accuracy
mechanisms maxi-
mize __________

7. open loop control speed
mechanisms maxi-
mize _________

8. the feedback control closed loop control mechanisms
during driving is an
example of

9. smooth muscle a type of muscle fiber controlled by the automatic
nervous system rather than by voluntary control

10. tendon strong tissue that connects muscle to bone

11. antagonist a muscle that counteracts the effect of another mus-
cle

12. synergist a muscle that acts together with another muscle

13. motor neuron a neuron in the brain or spinal cord that transmits
motor messages to a muscle
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