Ex 2 Flashcards
What are exaggerations of perversions of normal neurological function and are due to a loss of cortical function?
Release phenomena
What kind of lesions produce only deficit phenomena ?
Lower motor neuron lesions
What is an increase in muscular resistance felt by the examiner during quick joint movement then it fades away?
Spasticity ( like knife clasp)
What is an involuntary muscular resistance felt when moving a resting joint and persists as the joint is moved through its entire ROM?
Rigidity
For muscle stretch reflex in the biceps what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C5-6, main 5, musculcutaneous
For muscle stretch reflex in the brachioradialis what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C5-6, main 6, radial nerve
For muscle stretch reflex in the triceps what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C6-7-8-T1, main 7, radial
For muscle stretch reflex in finger flexion what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C7-8-T1, 8, median and ulnar
According to the Wexler scare what is a normal reflex rated as?
+2
According to the wexler scale what is a hyperactive reflex?
+3 (+4 would be hyperactive with some kind of clonus)
According to the wexler scale what is a hypoactive reflex with reinforcement?
+1
Reinforcement may be carried out according to what?
The method of jendrassik
What is the segmental interaction for the epigastric reflex?
T5-7
What is the segmental interaction for the Upper abdominal reflex?
T7-9
What is the segmental interaction for the middle abdominal reflex?
T9-T11
What is the segmental interaction for the lower abdominal refleX?
T11-T12
What is the segmental innervation for the cremasteric reflex?
L1-L2
What is the segmental innervation for the gluteal reflex?
L4-S2
What is the only abdominal reflex that is not stimulating ONLY the intercostal nerves?
Lower abdominal ( iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal )
What is the segmental innervation and peripheral nerve for the plantar reflex?
L4-s2, tibial
What are the segmental levels the ciliospinal reflex is testing? Afferent and efferent ?
AFF- cervical and CN V, eff- cervical symp
What are the segmental levels the occulocardiac reflex is testing? Afferent and efferent?
AFF- CN v, EFF- CN X
What are the segmental levels the carotid sinus reflex is testing? Afferent and efferent?
Aff- CN IX, EFF- CN X
What is the shaking in the fingers due to agonist antagonist actions ?
Physiological tremors
What is a startle reaction that is usually a normal occurrence where the jerk may involve the while body or part of it, when the person is waking from sleep and can be considered a type of seizure disorder ?
Myoclonic jerk
What are twitches within the muscles often after exercise and are not pathological?
Benign fasciculation’s
What is a decrease in movement and is seen in depression or Parkinson’s?
Hypokinesia
What is an increase in movement (exacerbated by stress, decreased with repose) ?
Hyperkinesia
What type of tremor is rapid, of low amplitude that worsens with volitional movement?
Emotional tremor
What type of tremor is hereditary that usually affects the hands?
Familial
What type of tremor is similar to familial, associated with aging ?
Senile
What type of tremor is described as “pill rolling” at rest, and disappears or dampens with volitional movement and where is the lesions?
Parkinsonian, basal ganglion
What kind of tremor gets worse with refined volitional movements and where is the pathology?
Intention tremor, cerebellar
What type of tremor occurs during maintenance of an intentional posture, disappears with movement?
Postural
What are random, quick movements simulating fragments of normal movements?
Nontremorous hyperkinesia or chorea
What is a slow, writing movement of the fingers and extremities that may come and go and are usually associated with pyramidal tract signs?
Athetosis
What is a slow, alternating contraction and relaxation of agonists and antagonists, with one movement predominating for a long time (causes fixed faint contractures) ?
Dystonia
What are violent, flinging movements of half of the body?
Hemiballismus
What are quick, repetitive movements of the face, tongue, or extremities, associated with emotional stress.
Tics