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3 NERVOUS SYSTEM > Abnormal MOVEMENTS > Flashcards

Abnormal MOVEMENTS Flashcards

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Involuntary MOVEMENTS

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Cause of
CHOREA
🧠⚡C for C ⚡
ATHETOSIS
🧠⚡Athetosis means TWIST ⚡
HEMIBALLISMUS
🧠⚡Hemi = Sub ⚡

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U/L WILD FLINGING VOILENT MOVEMENT OF LARGE PROXIMAL JOINTS

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Hemiballismus
🧠⚡VASCULAR > DEGENERATIVE⚡

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SLOW WRITHING MOVEMENTS INVOLVING DISTAL JOINTS
🧠⚡ difficulty in writing A..B..c⚡

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ATHETOSIS
🧠⚡ Vascular, Degenerative, Infiltrative causes⚡

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RAPID JERKY MOVEMENT

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Chorea
DUE TO:
Caudate nucleus or Putamen lesion
Causes:
Rheumatic chorea
Huntington chorea
Drug induced chorea

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Inability to sustain a muscle contraction while performing a complex motor movement

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ASTERIXIS

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