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Clinical Implications (rebby) Flashcards

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4D’s of Brainstem Dysfunction

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Dysphagia
Dysarthria
Diplopia
Dysmetria

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Blockage of PCA or Basilar artery causes ________ Syndrome

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Anteromedial Midbrain Syndrome (Weber’s)

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Patient presents with
* CL hemiparesis
* IL loss of eye movements, paralysis of eyelid, dilated pupil
* CL loss of motor coordination, Lability, Ataxia

What are the primary structures affected? What is the syndrome?

A
  1. Corticospinal Tract
  2. Oculomotor Nerve Nucleus
  3. Red Nucleus

Anteromedial Midbrain Syndrome (Weber’s)

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What are 2 symptoms of CN III palsy?

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  1. Ptosis (droopy eyelid)
  2. Eye deviated down and out
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Blockage of AICA leads to ________________ Syndrome

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Lateral Inferior Pontine Syndrome

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Patient presents with
* IL hearing loss
* Dysequilibrium
* IL horner’s syndrome
* IL facial pain
* Decreased tears & salivation
* CL pain and temp sensation lost
* IL weakness of facial expressions

What is the syndrome?

A

Lateral Inferior Pontine syndrome

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Name the 7 primary structures affected with Lateral Inferior Pontine Syndrome

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  1. Cochlear Nucleus
  2. Vestibular Nucleus
  3. Impaired sympathetics
  4. Trigeminal Nerve
  5. Salivatory Nucleus
  6. Spinothalamic Tract
  7. Facial Nerve
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Bell’s Palsy is damage to what CN?

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CN VII

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Horner’s Syndrome is what 3 things?

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Ptosis-eyelid drooping
Miosis-excessive constriction
Anhidrosis- little/no sweat

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Thrombosis or stenosis of basilar artery will affect ________ bilaterally and cause ________ syndrome

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Ventral Pons

Locked-In Syndrome

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Patient presents with
* Paralysis below the head
*Paralysis of facial, swallowing, chewing, talking muscles
* inability to abduct eyes

What structures are affected?

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B corticospinal tracts
B corticobulbar tracts
B abducens nerve nuclei

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Which of the following is not affected in Lateral Inferior Pontine Syndrome?

A. Vestibular Nucleus
B. Impaired sympathetics
C. Vagus Nerve nucleus
D. Salivatory Nucleus

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C. Vagus Nerve nucleus

this is a primary affected structure in Wallenberg Syndrome

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Which of the following is not affected in both Lateral Inferior Pontine syndrome and Wallenberg?

A. Solitary Nucleus
B. Salivatory Nucleus
C. Trigeminal Nerve
D. Spinothalamic Tract

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A. Solitary Nucleus

only in Wallenberg

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Blockage of Anterior Spinal Artery leads to ______ Syndrome

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Medial Medullary Syndrome

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Patient presents with
* IL tongue protrusion
*CL loss of vibration, proprioception, light touch
*CL hemiparesis

What structures are affected? What is the syndrome?

A

Hypoglossal Nucleus
DCML
Pyramids

Medial Medullary Syndrome

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Blockage of PICA leads to _____ Syndrome

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Wallenberg/Lateral Medullary Syndrome

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Which of the following is not a clinical manifestation of Wallenberg Syndrome?

A. Increased HR
B. Ataxia
C. Horner’s syndrome
D. Can’t abduct eyes

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D. Can’t abduct eyes

this is a manifestation of Locked In syndrome –> B abducens

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In the thalamus, when relay sensory neurons disrupt CONTRALATERAL sensation, what sensation is most commonly affected?

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Proprioception

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What is a common clinical implication of a thalamic lesion?

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Lateropulsion aka Pusher syndrome aka Contraversive Pushing

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In Pusher Syndrome, does the patient push to the strong or weak side?

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Weak side

Push with strong side towards the weaker side & accompanied by POSTERIOR push

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What type of tumor makes up 10-17% of intracranial neoplasms? (in hypothalamus)

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Pituitary adenomas

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Larger pituitary adenomas can push on surrounding structures (of the hypothalamus) such as _______ _______ and cause _______ _______

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Optic chiasm

Bitemporal hemianopsia

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When there is too much Basal Ganglia inhibition of motor thalamus, PPN, and midbrain locomotor region, this will cause __________

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Hypokinesia

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In Parkinson’s, there is ______ (decreased/increased) dopamine from SNc leading to ________ (under/over) activity of GPi

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Decreased

Over

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fill in the blank with (overactivity/underactivity)

Overactivity of GPi in Parkinson’s leads to _______ in motor thalamus

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Underactivity (bradykinesia and hypokinesia)

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fill in the blank with (moreinhibition/less inhibition)

Overactivity of GPi in Parkinson’s leads to _______ in Pedunculopontine nucleus

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Less inhibition (rigidity trunk and girdle muscles)

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fill in the blank with (overactivity/underactivity)

Overactivity of GPi in Parkinson’s leads to _______ in Midbrain locomotor region

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Underactivity (freezing and festinating gait)

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What are the 2 subtypes of Parkinson’s?

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Postural Instability Gait Difficulty

Tremor Dominant Subtype

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When there is too little Basal Ganglia inhibition, that causes ________

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Hyperkinetic disorders

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In hyperkinetic disorders, there is (more/less) inhibition by the GPi

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Less inhibition

because

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Hyperkinetic disorders affect _____ (which motor pathway)

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No-Go/Indirect pathway

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In hyperkinetic disorders, there’s a _____ of inhibitory neurons in putamen and caudate, so ____ input to GPe

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Loss

Less (inhibitory)

So GPe inhibits Subthalamic Nucleus (MORE) which excites GPi less so GPi has less inhibition

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Dystonia increases with _____ and decreases/completely vanishes with ____

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Activity and/or emotional stress

Sleep

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Injury to Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation (PPRF) causes loss of

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Horizontal Gaze center

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Injury to Rostral interstitial nucleus in midbrain RF causes loss of

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Vertical Gaze Center

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Injury to Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus causes loss of

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coordinated activation of B neural circuits

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Injury to Vestibular n will cause loss of which 2 reflexes?

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VOR and Optokinetic Reflex

38
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Injury to Frontal eye field will cause loss of CL _______ and ________, and loss of connection with CL ________

A

saccades, smooth pursuit

PPRF

39
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Injury to Parieto-occipital-temporal cortex will cause loss of (CL/IL) smooth pursuit

A

IL

whereas frontal eye field does CL smooth pursuit and saccades

40
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Injury to Parieto-occipital-temporal cortex may affect the cortex connection to what 3 locations?

A

vestibular nucleus
cerebellum
PPRF

41
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Lesion to superior colliculus (optic tectum) causes

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Increased latency and reduced accuracy, frequency, and velocity of saccades

42
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How will injury to basal ganglia affect the visual system?

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Deficits in initiation of eye movements

43
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How will injury to cerebellum affect the visual system?

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Deficits in correct execution of eye movements

44
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Lesion to L optic nerve

A

Loss of vision to L eye

45
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Lesion to optic chiasm

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Bitemporal (heteronomous) hemianopsia

46
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Lesion to L optic tract

A

R homonymous hemianopsia

47
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Lesion to L Meyer’s Loop

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R superior homonymous quadrantanopsia

48
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Lesion to L V1

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R homonymous hemianopsia with macular sparing

49
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Lesion to primary auditory cortex causes

A

Loss of conscious hearing

50
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Lesion to secondary auditory cortex results in …

A

Inability to compare sounds with memories of sounds and categorize them

51
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How will a lesion to superior colliculus affect the auditory system?

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Inability to orient head and eyes toward sound

52
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Lesion to Wernicke’s area means…

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Inability to comprehend speech

53
Q

If SCC signals are not reciprocal, there is impaired ______, ______, and/or ______

A

Postural control
Eye movements
Nausea

54
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When the pt has a vestibular disorder, _____ is essential for adaptations in postural/balance systems

A

Vestibulocerebellum

55
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Lesion of R posterior parietal cortex causes _______

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Altered perceptions of personal and extrapersonal space

L hemi neglect

56
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Lesion to descending pathway of vestibular system…

A

Balance deficits –> impacts movement abilities/control especially in low-light or uneven surface conditions

57
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Vestibular + visual systems linked for ….

A

Postural control & eye movements

58
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Vestibular + auditory systems linked due to….

A

Geography and sharing same CN

59
Q

T/F: Cerebellar dysfunction causes abnormal muscle strength and tone

A

False

60
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If cerebellar dysfunction DOES cause abnormal tone, it is hypo/hyper

A

Hypotonia

61
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Lesion to any/all areas in cerebellum causes ______

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Ataxia: jerky, uncoordinated movements of trunk/neck, limbs

62
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Lesion to vestibulocerebellum causes

A

Nystagmus: bouncy eye movements
&
Unsteadiness, truncal ataxia, dysequilibrium

63
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Lesion to cerebrocerebellum causes

A

Ataxic finger movements
& Dysarthria: slurring of speech

64
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Lesion to spinocerebellum causes

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Dysarthria
Explosive Speech
Limb ataxia
* Dysdiadochokinesia
* Dysmetria (ACTION & INTENTION TREMOR)
Loss of check/rebound
Movement decomposition

65
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What is problem with rapid alternating movements?

A

Dysdiadochokinesia

66
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What is tendency to under/overshoot when moving to a target?

A

Dysmetria

67
Q

What is shaking of limb during movement called?

A

Action tremor

68
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What tends to occur due to delays in agonist burst of activity + in antagonist’s ability to brake?

A

Intention tremor

69
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What is it called when there is a quick removal of resistance that causes an exaggerated response?

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Loss of check/rebound

70
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What is it called when you attempt to move one joint at a time?

A

Movement decomposition

71
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What is loss of joint position sense?

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Sensory ataxia

DCML disruption & can improve with visual aid

72
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What is an agnosia?

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Despite having intact vision or hearing, inability to recognize object or sound

73
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Agnosia is a disorder of ____ visual stream

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Ventral

74
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Prosopagnosia is …

A

Inability to recognize faces visually

75
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Disorder of secondary auditory cortex

A

Auditory agnosia = can’t associate meaning to what you hear

76
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Anosagnosia is …

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Inability to recognize deficits

a reasoning problem

77
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Disorder of secondary somatosensory cortex

A

Astereognosia = even with intact light touch sensation, can’t describe object in hand

78
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Optic ataxia is a disorder of ____ visual stream

A

Dorsal

79
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Optic ataxia is …

A

an inability to use visual info to direct movements

80
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Damage to PPC causes

A

Hemineglect

81
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Right or Left Hemineglect is more common

A

Left neglect

due to Right hemispheric lesion

82
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Damage to primary motor cortex leads to ____, ____, and _____

A

Loss of fractionated movements
Weakness
Dysarthria

83
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Lesion to supplementary motor area (acute & long term)…

A

Acutely: hemiparesis, hemiplegia
Long term: anti-phase hand movements

anti-phase is when muscles contract in alternating fashion (aka hands moving to same side so opposite muscles on each arm are contracting)

84
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Lesion to premotor cortex causes issues with _____, _____, and _______

A

Speech and automaticity of reaching/grasping
Movement sequences
Posture (axial control) and gait

85
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Damage to inferior frontal gyrus can cause…

A

Broca’s Aphasia can be included here (motor of speech)

86
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Damage to motor planning areas causes preservation. What is that?

A

Uncontrolled repetition of movement/speech

Remember: Mr. Egg story and how he could not put down his poached egg

87
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What is apraxia?

A

Motor planning deficits

88
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What is magnetic gait?

A

when the patient has difficulty lifting up their feet and so they have a shuffle or festinating gait

89
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What is Ideational apraxia?

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Inability to use objects appropriately, esp when sequence is necessary

90
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What is Ideomotor apraxia?

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Inability to develop movement sequence, esp to command or to mimic activity

but can do it automatically

91
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If someone has true apraxia, how would you describe their gait?

A

Magnetic gait

92
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What are the 4 A’s for cerebral cortex disorders?

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Aphasia: language/communication disorder
Apraxia: motor planning deficits
Agnosia: can’t identify sound/sight
Astereognosis: can’t describe object in hand

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