Neurological Exam

Question 1

What sensory information is carried in the dorsal column of the spinal cord?

Answer 1

• proprioception

- fine touch

Question 2

What sensory information is carried in the spinothalamic system?

Answer 2

• pain

- thermal sensation

Question 3

What is a segmental disease of the spinal cord?

Answer 3

• a disease at a spinal segment, local

- affects motor and sensory below level of lesion

Question 4

What is a selective tract disease?

Answer 4

• a disease that preferentially impacts long tracts (motor/sensory)
• combination of involved tracts can be relatively specific for selected disease

Question 5

What does ataxia mean?

Answer 5

Can’t completely smooth out movements

Question 6

What is apraxia?

Answer 6

• inability to execute complex motor tasks

- indicates cerebral lesion

Question 7

What is agnosia?

Answer 7

• inability to interpret complex sensory information (eg facial recognition)
• indicates cerebral lesion