Neuro terms Flashcards
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Aphasia
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Absence or impairment of ability to communicate speech, writing or signs due to brain dysfunction
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Ataxia
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- Inability to make smooth, coordinated moments
- Defective muscular coordination
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Apraxia
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Inability to perform purposive movements
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Dysarthria
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- Impairment in uttering words due to disorder of oral, lingual or pharyngeal muscles
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Athetoid
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- Slow, irregular, snakelike movements
- Hypotonic to normal movement
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Choreoathetosis
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- Extreme range of motion, jerky involuntary movements
- Hypo to hypertonia
- Cerebral palsy
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Asterixis
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- Abnormal muscle tremor
- Jerky mvmts in hands- liver disease
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Decorticate
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- Abnormal posture
- Stiff, bent arms, clenched fists and legs out straight
- Severe brain damage
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Decerebrate
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Abnormal body posture
- Arms and legs straight out
- Toes pointed downward
- Head and neck arched backward
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Obtundation
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Blunted reflexes, state of lethargy
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Hypersomnia
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Excessive daytime sleepiness lasting > 1 hour
- Inability to feel refreshed
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Hemiplegia
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- Paralysis of one side of the body
- Damage to corticospinal tract
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Paraplegia
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Paralysis of lower portion of body and both legs
- SPinal cord lesion
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Quadriplegia
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Paralysis of both arms and legs
- Aka tetraplegia
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Palmomental reflex
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- Sratching palm diagonally = contraction of ipsilateral mentalist and orbicular oris
