CNS Class 9 Flashcards
_____ significant or full loss of movement or motor control over intentional movement; the term can be applied to different states i.e flaccid, rigid, spastic
paralysis
________ is a motor weakness as a result of a neurological cause. Results in milder versions of significant motor impairment, sometimes referred to as partial paralysis
paresis
______: one limb is paralyzed
uni/monoplegic
_______, meaning any two limbs are affected but tends to be used in cases involving the two upper limbs or the upper limb on one side and the lower limb on the other
diplegic
_______, the lower two limbs are affected/ paralyzed
paraplegic
________; the two limbs on the same side of the body are affected; often half of the body is affected divided sagittally
hemiplegic
_______, all 4 limbs are affected, can be AKA of full body paralysis but not necessarily
quadriplegic/ tetraplegic
T/F a C6 injury could lead to spastic paralysis in the lower limbs as you still have the reflex arc happening at the spinal cord level
true
_____ disorders refer to motor dysfunctions in the production of verbal output
speech
_____ speech is slurred because articulation is not precise
dysarthria
_____ dysarthria; motor control issue is the result of spasticity
spastic
_______ dysarthria, motor control issue is the result of rigidity
rigid
rigid dysarthria is a ____ _____ dysfunction
basal ganglia
_____ dysarthria; motor control issue caused by damage to the cerebellum or its related afferentation (Sometimes called sensorimotor dysarthria)
ataxic
_____ _____, when the person breaks down each word and sentence into syllables. Delivery is in a slow and deliberate fashion
scanning speech