Corrective Exercise Specialist - Quiz 3
Material - Final Exam Prep -2024 with
Correct Solutions
Q: What is required for the human body to maintain balance? - Answer -The center of mass remains over
the base of support
Q: Which of the following is not a way the body maintains its sense of balance? - Answer -A.Sensory
feedback from the visual system
B.Sensory feedback from the vestibular system
C.Sensory feedback from the somatosensory system
D.Sensory feedback from the auditory system
Q: The vestibular system, from the inner ear, sends its information to what region of the brain in order to
maintain the body's sense of balance? - Answer -Brainstem
Q: During closed-loop motor control, sensory feedback is first sent to which brain structures? - Answer -
Cerebellum and sensory cortex
Q: The ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken based on the activity they receive is known as: -
Answer -Synaptic plasticity
Q: What are the primary functions of the cerebellum for maintaining a person's sense of balance? -
Answer -Control of posture and gait
Q: The brain receives sensory information from which of the following two structures that are contained
within muscles and tendons? - Answer -Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs
Q: Why does closed-loop motor control take longer to produce a movement than open-loop motor
control? - Answer -Closed-loop motor control requires sensory feedback
Q: How is synaptic strength at the neuromuscular junction enhanced? - Answer -A.The motor neuron
releases more acetylcholine
B.More receptors are added to the neuromuscular junction
C.Receptors are removed from the neuromuscular junction
D.Both A and B
Material - Final Exam Prep -2024 with
Correct Solutions
Q: What is required for the human body to maintain balance? - Answer -The center of mass remains over
the base of support
Q: Which of the following is not a way the body maintains its sense of balance? - Answer -A.Sensory
feedback from the visual system
B.Sensory feedback from the vestibular system
C.Sensory feedback from the somatosensory system
D.Sensory feedback from the auditory system
Q: The vestibular system, from the inner ear, sends its information to what region of the brain in order to
maintain the body's sense of balance? - Answer -Brainstem
Q: During closed-loop motor control, sensory feedback is first sent to which brain structures? - Answer -
Cerebellum and sensory cortex
Q: The ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken based on the activity they receive is known as: -
Answer -Synaptic plasticity
Q: What are the primary functions of the cerebellum for maintaining a person's sense of balance? -
Answer -Control of posture and gait
Q: The brain receives sensory information from which of the following two structures that are contained
within muscles and tendons? - Answer -Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs
Q: Why does closed-loop motor control take longer to produce a movement than open-loop motor
control? - Answer -Closed-loop motor control requires sensory feedback
Q: How is synaptic strength at the neuromuscular junction enhanced? - Answer -A.The motor neuron
releases more acetylcholine
B.More receptors are added to the neuromuscular junction
C.Receptors are removed from the neuromuscular junction
D.Both A and B
