Disorders

Question 1

balint’s syndrome

Answer 1

“sticky fixation”

includes simultagnosia and optic ataxia

Question 2

contralateral neglect (right parietal)

Answer 2

only attend to right side of visual world

Question 3

apraxia (general)

Answer 3

loss of skilled movements

Question 4

ideomotor apraxia

Answer 4

inability to copy movements or gestures (simple: comb hair)

Question 5

constructional apraxia

Answer 5

impairment in assembling, building, drawing objects, copy figures

Question 6

ideational apraxia

Answer 6

can’t do complex series of movements (ex: unlock door, open it, walk through)

Question 7

dressing apraxia

Answer 7

difficulty performing spatial arrangement of clothing with respect to body axis

Question 8

ageusia

Answer 8

you can’t sense taste

Question 9

anosmia

Answer 9

loss of smell

Question 10

allodynia

Answer 10

pain resulting from stimuli that are normally innocuous

Question 11

anesthesia dolorosa

Answer 11

lesions of the thalamus caused by disease are often associated with unbearable pain in part of body that is completely anesthetic

Question 12

hyperacusis

Answer 12

ordinary sound seems much louder than usual due to facial nerve lesions that denervate the stapedius muscle

Question 13

aphasia

Answer 13

disturbance in language function

Question 14

anomia

Answer 14

difficulty finding words

Question 15

ataxia

Answer 15

incoordination of movement

Question 16

sensory ataxia

Answer 16

incoordination of movement due to impaired DC/ML system. can still use eyes to help.

Question 17

cerebellar ataxia

Answer 17

incoordination due to cerebellar damage; blindfolding has no effect; problem arises from inability of brain to use info

Question 18

astereognosis

Answer 18

absence of the ability to compare an image to a remembered object in order to identify is (i.e. coin in pocket)

Question 19

hemiatrophy

Answer 19

affected side doesn’t grow normally so that body parts one one side appear to belong to smaller person

Question 20

disequilibrium

Answer 20

inability of subject to maintain normal posture & to move efficiently; associated with falling

Question 21

vertigo

Answer 21

disfunction in vestibular system leading to loss of orientation; feeling like we’re spinning

Question 22

hypokinetic signs

Answer 22

impoverished movement

Question 23

akinesia

Answer 23

major impairment initiating movements

Question 24

bradykinesia

Answer 24

reduction in the extent and speed of movements

Question 25

resting tremor

Answer 25

shaking palsy, resembles pin rolling

Question 26

mask facies

Answer 26

expressionless face, infrequent blinking

Question 27

lead pipe / cogwheel rigidity

Answer 27

expressionless face, infrequent blinking

Question 28

dystonia

Answer 28

disturbances of tone

Question 29

dyskinesia

Answer 29

abnormalities of movements

Question 30

ataxia

Answer 30

incoordination

Question 31

dysmetria

Answer 31

overshooting

Question 32

dysdiadochokinesia

Answer 32

inability to perform alternating patterns of movements

Question 33

dysarthria

Answer 33

explosive or staccato speech

Question 34

megalographia

Answer 34

large handwriting