Chapter 24

Question 1

Agnosia

Answer 1

Loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions

Question 2

Agraphia

Answer 2

Loss of ability to express thoughts in writing

Question 3

Amnesia

Answer 3

Loss of memory

Question 4

Analgesia

Answer 4

Loss of pain sensation

Question 5

Aphasia

Answer 5

Loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs; or loss of comprehension of spoken or written language

Question 6

Apraxia

Answer 6

Loss of ability to perform purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor damage
Ex. Inability to use objects correctly

Question 7

Ataxia

Answer 7

Inability to perform coordinated movements

Question 8

Athetosis

Answer 8

Bizarre, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembling a snake or worm

Question 9

Chorea

Answer 9

Sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk, or face

Question 10

Clonus

Answer 10

Rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of a muscle in response to sudden stretch

Question 11

Coma

Answer 11

State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused

Question 12

Consussion

Answer 12

Collision or trauma causes violent shaking of brain, yielding behavioral changed but no changed on radiologic imaging

Question 13

Decerebrate rigidity

Answer 13

Arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar flexion

Question 14

Decorticate rigidity

Answer 14

Arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar flexed

Question 15

Dysarthria

Answer 15

Imperfect articulation of speech due to problems of cuscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage

Question 16

Dysphasia

Answer 16

Impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order

Question 17

Extinction

Answer 17

Disappearance of conditioned response

Question 18

Fasciculation

Answer 18

Rapid continuous twitching of resting muscle without movement of limb

Question 19

Flaccidity

Answer 19

Loss of muscle tone, limp

Question 20

Graphestesia

Answer 20

Ability to “read” a number by having it traced on the skin

Question 21

Hemiplegia

Answer 21

Loss of motor power (paralysis) on one side of the body, usually caused by a stroke; paralysis occurs on side opposite the lesion

Question 22

Lower motor neuron

Answer 22

Motor Neuron in the peripheral nervous system with is nerve fiber extending out to the muscle and only its cell body in the central nervous system

Question 23

Myoclonus

Answer 23

Rapid sudden jerk of a muscle

Question 24

Nuchal rigidity

Answer 24

Stiffness in cervical neck area

Question 25

Nystagmus

Answer 25

Back and forth oscillation of the eyes

Question 26

Opisthotonos

Answer 26

Prolonged arching of back with head and heels bent backward and meningeal irritation

Question 27

Paralysis

Answer 27

Decreased or moss of motor function due to problem with motor nerve or muscle fibers

Question 28

Paraplegia

Answer 28

Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body

Question 29

Paresthesia

Answer 29

Abnormal sensation

Ex. burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling

Question 30

Point localization

Answer 30

Ability of the person to discriminate exactly where on the body the skin has been touched

Question 31

Proprioception

Answer 31

Sensory info concerning body movements and position of the body in space

Question 32

Spasticity

Answer 32

Continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension with increased deep tendon reflexes

Question 33

Stereognosis

Answer 33

Ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, size, and weight while the eyes are closed

Question 34

Tic

Answer 34

Repetitive twitching of a muscle group at inappropriate time

Ex. Wink, grimace

Question 35

Tremor

Answer 35

Involuntary contraction of opposing muscle groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints

Question 36

Two-point Discrimination

Answer 36

Ability to distinguish the separation of 2 simultaneous pinpricks on the skin

Question 37

Upper Motor Neuron

Answer 37

Nerve located entirely within the central nervous system