Lecture Week 3+4

Question 1

impression conveyed by an afferent nerve to the sensory nerve center, located in the brain

Answer 1

sensation

Question 2

4 main types of somatosensory receptors

Answer 2

mechanoreceptors
thermal receptors
chemoreceptors
nociceptors

Question 3

clinical testing order is based on

Answer 3

receptor location

Question 4

clinical testing order

Answer 4

exteroceptors- light touch, pressure, warmth, vibration
muscle receptors- contraction
joint receptors- warmth, muscle tendons, noxious
combination- stereognosis, graphesthesis

Question 5

sensory examination process

Answer 5

1. light touch
2. sharp/dull
3. temperature sense
4. monofilament
5. position sense testing
6. kinesthesis- sense of movement
7. vibration
8. 2 point discrimination
9. light touch localization
10. parietal lobe screen

Question 6

lack of control of body movements, decreased movement coordination

Answer 6

ataxia

Question 7

error in trajectory due to abnormal range, rate, and/or force of motion

Answer 7

dysmetria

Question 8

impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movements

Answer 8

dyssiadochokinesia

Question 9

oculomotor innerves what eye muscles

Answer 9

medial, inferior, and superior rectus, inferior oblique, levator palpebrae superioris

Question 10

trochlear innerves what eye muscles

Answer 10

superior oblique (SO4)

Question 11

abducens innervates what muscle

Answer 11

lateral rectus (LR6)

Question 12

rapid, reflexive, back and forth motion that continues for multiple cycles

Answer 12

clonus

Question 13

complete loss of sensation

Answer 13

anesthesia

Question 14

abnormally decreases sensitivity to stimulation

Answer 14

hypoesthesia

Question 15

abnormally increases sensitivity to stimulation

Answer 15

hyperresthesia

Question 16

diminished sensitivity to pain

Answer 16

hypalgesia

Question 17

increases sensitivity to pain

Answer 17

hyperalgesia

Question 18

inability to recognize familiar object by the sense of touch

Answer 18

astereognosis

Question 19

inability to correctly locate sensation

Answer 19

atopognosis

Question 20

inability to distinguish between different weights

Answer 20

abaragnosis

Question 21

abnormal sensation such as numbness, prickling, burning, tingling

Answer 21

paresthesia

Question 22

impairment of any sensation, especially touch

Answer 22

dysesthesia

Question 23

loss of impairment of motor function in a body part due to lesion in neural or muscular systems

Answer 23

paralysis

Question 24

paralysis of lower half of one side of body

Answer 24

hemiparaplegia

Question 25

muscular weakness or partial paralysis affect one side of body

Answer 25

hemiparesis

Question 26

paralysis of one side of body

Answer 26

hemiplegia

Question 27

partial paralysis of the LE

Answer 27

paraparesis

Question 28

paralysis of LE and lower part of body

Answer 28

paraplegia

Question 29

paralysis of all four extremities

Answer 29

tetra/quadriplegia