deficit terms to KNOW

Question 1

agraphia (a.k.a. dysgraphia)

Answer 1

unable to write

Question 2

ideomotor apraxia

Answer 2

left hemisphere damage
- inability to perform gesturing and pantomime, on verbal command

Question 3

ideational apraxia

Answer 3

• unable to sequence motor acts
• disruption of conception
• loss of tool function knowledge

Question 4

constructional apraxia

Answer 4

Unable to produce designs in 2/3D by copying, drawing, or constructing

Question 5

oral apraxia

Answer 5

• difficulty in forming and organizing intelligible
  words, though the musculature required to do so is
  intact

Question 6

dysarthria

Answer 6

muscles of speech affected
- slurred speech
- neuromotor problem

Question 7

agnosia

Answer 7

can’t process sensory info

(can be all the senses, body scheme issues, such as somatognosia and anosognosia)

Question 8

somatognosia

Answer 8

unaware of body parts

Question 9

anosognosia

Answer 9

unaware of their deficits

(presence or severity)

Question 10

prosopagnosia

Answer 10

face blindness

Question 11

visual-spatial agnosia

Answer 11

Affects perception of spatial relationship between objects, or between objects and self

Question 12

auditory agnosia

Answer 12

can’t recognize sounds, words and
non-words

Question 13

visual agnosia

Answer 13

can’t recognize common objects and
demonstrate their use

Question 14

apraxia

Answer 14

can’t carry out skilled/familiar movements despite wanting to

Question 15

ataxia

Answer 15

no coordination during movements

(clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability)

Question 16

bradykinesia

Answer 16

slow movements

Question 17

choreoathetosis

Answer 17

fluctuating between of chorea (quick) & athetosis (slow) movements

Question 18

athetosis

Answer 18

slow movements

Question 19

dystonia

Answer 19

sustained muscle contractions

(twisting & repetitive movements or abnormal postures or positions)

Question 20

adiadochokinesis

Answer 20

can’t perform rapid alternating
movements
(pronation/supination)

Question 21

dysmetria

Answer 21

unable to estimate ROM necessary to meet the target
- Evident when the individual tries to touch the nose

Question 22

ballism

Answer 22

constant contractions of muscles

Question 23

chorea

Answer 23

jerky/quick, purposeless movements

Question 24

anesthesia

Answer 24

no sensation

Question 25

alexia/dyslexia

Answer 25

can't read

Question 26

acalculia

Answer 26

can't do math

Question 27

catharsis

Answer 27

relief from strong repressed emotions (punching pillow to relieve anger)

Question 28

pretention

Answer 28

trying to get recognition for something that you don't have

Question 29

ideation

Answer 29

forming ideas

Question 30

tinnitus

Answer 30

ear ringing

Question 31

confabulation

Answer 31

making up information unintentionally (memory issue)

Question 32

neologism

Answer 32

new words

Question 33

sequelae

Answer 33

condition is consequence of a previous disease/injury (secondary disease)

Question 34

hemiballismus

Answer 34

intermittent, sudden, violent, involuntary, flinging

Question 35

hypertrophy

Answer 35

muscle increase

Question 36

dysphonia

Answer 36

abnormal voice

Question 37

proprioception

Answer 37

position of the body in space

Question 38

disinhibition

Answer 38

no socially acceptable behaviors

Question 39

transitive gestures

Answer 39

involve specific hand-object actions such as tool-use - tool-based (e.g. hammering in a nail) - shaped by the nature of the object and any knowledge regarding its functions/ potential uses

Question 40

intransitive gestures

Answer 40

communicative in nature

Question 41

illustrators

Answer 41

most common type of gesture - illustrate the verbal message they accompany

Question 42

adaptors

Answer 42

touching behaviors and movements that indicate internal states typically related to anxiety (click pen, shake leg, clearing throat, fiddling with cellphone)

Question 43

conceptual apraxia

Answer 43

difficulty in selecting adequate tool for that action

Question 44

limb-kinetic apraxia

Answer 44

inability to make fine, precise movements with an arm or leg

Question 45

functional movement disorder

Answer 45

condition which may resemble any of the movement disorders but is not due to neurological disease

Question 46

constructional disorder

Answer 46

failing at tasks that require the manipulation of objects in space (spatial part of task is the problem)

Question 47

atonicity

Answer 47

lack of normal tone