Neurological terms (X)

Question 1

name of a syndrome in which failure to give proper attention to one side of the personal space is observed

Answer 1

neglect syndrome

Question 2

inability to recall events occurring before the onset incident responsible for memory problems

Answer 2

retrograde amnesia

Question 3

phenomenon characterised by impaired relaxation of skeletal muscles after their contraction

Answer 3

myotonia

Question 4

name of reflex which afferent way is sensory part of trigeminal nerve and efferent one is motor part of trigeminal nerve

Answer 4

jaw jerk

Question 5

acquired inability to write, or express oneself in writing language

Answer 5

agraphia

Question 6

difficulty in executing appropriate movements with intact motor and sensory functions caused by a lesion of the parietal lobe in non-dominant hemisphere

Answer 6

ataxia

Question 7

name of the peripheral nerve palsy which leads to the atrophy of the thenar

Answer 7

median nerve

Question 8

cranial nerve responsible for the eyelid elevation

Answer 8

occulomotor nerve

Question 9

name of the syndrome characterised of dysarthria, dysphagia and tongue fibrillations

Answer 9

bulbar syndrome

Question 10

direction of the involuntarily gaze in patient with left hemiparesis due to pontine stroke

Answer 10

left

Question 11

name of the anatomical structure which lesion leads to interior tremor

Answer 11

cerebellum

Question 12

velocity dependent increased muscle tone in which the greatest resistance is experienced in the start of the passive movement

Answer 12

spacticity

Question 13

a disorder affecting a singe peripheral nerve

Answer 13

mononeuropathy

Question 14

an area of partially diminished vision that is surrounded by a field of normal vision

Answer 14

scotoma

Question 15

quick, impulsive, repetetive, stereotyped movements often observed in the extrapyramidal system disorder

Answer 15

tic

Question 16

anatomical structure responsible for memory consolidation

Answer 16

hippocampus