Two terms for the massive motor tracts serving voluntary movement are ________.

A) pyramidal and corticospinal
B) extrapyramidal and rubrospinal
C) segmental and nigrostriatal
D) supplementary and cerebellar-pontine


A) pyramidal and corticospinal

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A. forced out of blood plasma; absorbed into blood capillaries B. forced out of blood plasma; absorbed into lymph capillaries C. forced out of lymph vessels; absorbed into lymph capillaries D. forced out of lymph capillaries; absorbed into blood capillaries

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a. extending the knee b. flexing the knee c. extending the thigh d. dorsiflexing the foot

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