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Special Muscle Receptors 01

Topic: Anatomy

Created on Sunday, October 19 2008 by jdmiles

Last modified on Sunday, October 19 2008.

A 20 year-old primate watcher presents to your clinic for evaluation of anxiety. During your exam, you bang on his knee with a hammer.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the afferent limb of the reflex arc you are trying to elicit?

 
        A) Muscle spindles detect changes in muscle length and convey this this information via IA axons
 
        B) Golgi tendon organs detect changes in muscle length and convey this this information via IB axons
 
        C) Muscle spindles detect changes in muscle length and convey this this information via IB axons
 
        D) Muscle spindles detect changes in muscle tension and convey this this information via IA axons
 
        E) Golgi tendon organs detect changes in muscle tension and convey this this information via IA axons
 

 


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A) Muscle spindles detect changes in muscle length and convey this this information via IA axons

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Muscle spindles, which detect changes in muscle length, relay information through IA axons. In deep tendon reflexes, these IA fibers form is a single synapse, to alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, which in turn cause firing of the muscle.  (See References)

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B) Golgi tendon organs detect changes in muscle length and convey this this information via IB axons

This answer is incorrect.


Muscle spindles, which detect changes in muscle length, relay information through IA axons. In deep tendon reflexes, these IA fibers form is a single synapse, to alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, which in turn cause firing of the muscle.
Golgi tendon organs detect muscle tension, are associated with IB axons, and do not form part of the afferent loop of the deep tendon reflexes.  (See References)

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C) Muscle spindles detect changes in muscle length and convey this this information via IB axons

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Muscle spindles, which detect changes in muscle length, relay information through IA axons. In deep tendon reflexes, these IA fibers form is a single synapse, to alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, which in turn cause firing of the muscle.  (See References)

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D) Muscle spindles detect changes in muscle tension and convey this this information via IA axons

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Muscle spindles, which detect changes in muscle length, relay information through IA axons. In deep tendon reflexes, these IA fibers form is a single synapse, to alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, which in turn cause firing of the muscle.  (See References)

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E) Golgi tendon organs detect changes in muscle tension and convey this this information via IA axons

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Muscle spindles, which detect changes in muscle length, relay information through IA axons. In deep tendon reflexes, these IA fibers form is a single synapse, to alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, which in turn cause firing of the muscle.
Golgi tendon organs detect muscle tension, are associated with IB axons, and do not form part of the afferent loop of the deep tendon reflexes.  (See References)

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References:

1. James D. Geyer, Janice M. Keating, Daniel C. Potts. . Philadelphia : Lippincott William & Wilkins, c2002. (ISBN:0781737192)Advertising:
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Special Muscle Receptors 01
Question ID: 101908099
Question written by J. Douglas Miles, (C) 2006-2009, all rights reserved.
Created: 10/19/2008
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