Neuromuscular Selective terminology

Question 1

Agnosia

Answer 1

Inability to recognize familiar objects with one form of sensation (visual agnosia)

Question 2

Akinesia

Answer 2

Inability to initiate movement

Question 3

Expressive Aphasia

Answer 3

(Broca’s) severe difficulty in verbal expression

-Right hemiplegia

Question 4

Receptive Aphasia

Answer 4

(Wernicke’s) Severe disturbance in auditory comprehension. Reading, writing, and word recognition are also impaired

Question 5

Apraxia

Answer 5

Inability to perform movements previously learned even though there is no loss of coordination, strength, sensation, or comprehension

• Ideomotor-
• Ideational -No longer gets the idea of how to do a routine task

Question 6

Astereognosis

Answer 6

Inability to recognize objects by touch alone

Question 7

Ataxia

Answer 7

Uncoordinated movement, especially gait

Question 8

Athetosis

Answer 8

Slow, involuntary, worm-like, twisting motions

Question 9

Causalgia

Answer 9

Burning sensations, which are painful. Often associated with CRPS type 1

Question 10

Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

Answer 10

Breathing pattern characterized by a period of apnea lasting 10-60 seconds

Question 11

Chorea

Answer 11

Rapid, involuntary, jerky movements (Huntington’s)

Question 12

Delirium

Answer 12

Temporary confusion and loss of mental function

Question 13

Dementia

Answer 13

Loss of memory or intellectual function

Question 14

Horner’s Syndrome

Answer 14

ptosis of the eyelid, constriction of the pupil, and lack of sweating of the ipsilateral face, often accompanying stroke involving the anterior inferior or posterior inferior cerebellar arteries.

Question 15

Reciprocal Inhibition

Answer 15

Inhibition of muscles antagonistic to those being facilitated. This is essential for coordinated movement.

Question 16

Somatagnoisa

Answer 16

A lack of awareness of the relationship of one’s own body parts or body parts of others

Question 17

Hemiballismus

Answer 17

Sudden, jerky, forceful, and flailing involuntary movements on one side of the body

Question 18

Intention Tremor

Answer 18

Involuntary oscillatory movements that occur during voluntary movement.

Question 19

Anosognosia

Answer 19

Is detail, neglect, or lack of awareness of the presence or severity of one’s paralysis

Question 20

Prosopagnosia

Answer 20

Inability to recognize faces (face blindness)