Abnormal Motor Control Terminology

Question 1

Name the 3 interdependent higher motor centers of the brain that regulate movement?

Answer 1

THE MOTOR CORTEX
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CEREBELLUM
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BASAL GANGLIA

Question 2

The overall motor system has both _____________ and _____________ components because sensory and motor mechanisms are intwined.

Answer 2

AFFERENT
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EFFERENT

Question 3

Spasm can appear in any muscle of the body, with or without what?

Answer 3

PAIN

Question 4

What are painful spasms called?

Answer 4

CRAMPS

Question 5

What results in powerful, sustained contractions of groups of muscles, sometimes causing deformities, or freezing in abnormal postures?

Answer 5

DYSTONIA

Question 6

When is dystonia usually painful?

Answer 6

WHEN NECK MUSCLES INVOLVED

Question 7

Name a disease that can be implicated by dystonia when neurons are damaged in the basal ganglia?

Answer 7

PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Question 8

Name the condition where there is a loss or reduction of muscular tonicity, where they may be stretched beyond their limits?

Answer 8

HYPOTONIA

Question 9

In infants and young children, what is one of the earliest indications of neuromuscular disease?

Answer 9

HYPOTONIA