LE 3: Evaluation of Patients with Involuntary Movements

Question 0

wedge-shaped mass of gray matter whose broad convex base is directly laterally and its blade medially

Answer 0

Lentiform Nucleus

Question 1

a large c-shaped of gray matter closely r/t the lateral ventricle and lies to the thalamus

with a head, a body and a tail

Answer 1

caudate nucleus

Question 2

it is related medially to the IC separating from the caudate nucleus and thalamus

Answer 2

Lentiform Nucleus

Question 3

it is related laterally EC

Answer 3

Lentiform Nucleus

Question 4

a thin sheet of white matter

Answer 4

EC

Question 5

a thin sheet of gray matter

Answer 5

claustrum

Question 6

_______ of white matter divides the nucleus into the putamen and GP

Answer 6

vertical plate

Question 7

gives the basal ganglia control over emotions and other sexual functions

Answer 7

Limbic system

Question 8

quick, lightning-fast mov’ts of face and upper ext.

Answer 8

TIC

Question 9

Oscillatory, rythmic, regular mov’t affecting one or more body parts

Answer 9

Tremor

Question 10

Involuntary, irregularity, purposeless, non-rythmic, abrupt, rapid, unsustained mov’ts that seem to flow from one body part to another

Answer 10

Chorea

Question 11

Slow, writhing, continuous, involuntary mov’t

Answer 11

Athetosis

Question 12

Very large amplitude choreic mov’ts of the proximal parts of the limbs causing flinging and flailing of limbs frequent and fast

Answer 12

Ballismus

Question 13

twisting mov’ts that tend to be sustained at the peak of the mov’t, frequently repetitive and often progress to prolonged abnormal postures sustained mov’ts

Answer 13

Dystonia

Question 14

Sudden, brief, shock-like involuntary mov’ts caused by muscular contractions

Answer 14

Myoclonus

Question 15

due to inc. activity of indirect pw

ie. parkinson’s dse

Answer 15

Hypokinetic mov’t d/o

Question 16

due to dec. activity of indirect pw

ie. huntington’s dse, choreoathetosis, hemiballismus, dystonia

Answer 16

hyperkinetic mov’t d/o

Question 17

robot-like mov’t, very slow motion

Answer 17

Parkinson’s dse

Question 18

bradykinesia, cogwheel type rigidity, shuffling gait, resting tremors(pill-rolling), stooped posture, hypomimia(masked facies), monotonous speech, dec. automatic mov’ts, micrographia, constipation, dementia, autonomic dysfxn, degen of dopaminergic neurons in SNr compacta

Answer 18

parkinson’s dse “paralysis agitans”

Question 19

dec. in dopamine

Answer 19

Parkinson’s dse

Question 20

dec. in GABA

Answer 20

Huntington’s dse

Question 21

essential and senile chorea

Answer 21

Primary chorea

Question 22

autosomal dominant, x’some 4, cognitive mov’t and psyche d/o

Answer 22

Huntington’s dse

Question 23

some AD, others are AR, psyche disturbance, epilepsy, involuntary mov’ts, neuromuscular weakness

Answer 23

Neuroacanthocytosis