NMS 5 Flashcards
if there is a LMNL, what kind of paralysis can you see?
flaccid
if there is an UMNL, what kind of paralysis can you see?
spastic
if there is a LMNL, what kind of DTR can you see?
hypoactive/absent
if there is an UMNL, what kind of DTR can you see?
hyperactive
if there is a LMNL, would you see a pathological reflex?
no
if there is an UMNL, would you see a pathological relfex?
yes
if there is a LMNL, would you see clonus?
no
if there is a UMNL, would you see a clonus?
yes
if there is a LMNL, what kind of tone would you see?
hypotonic
if there is an UMNL, what kind of tone would you see?
hypertonic
if there is a LMNL, would reaction of degeneration be present?
yes (won’t respond properly)
if there is an UMNL, would reaction of degeneration present?
absent
if there is a LMNL, would atrophy be present?
yes
is there is an UMNL, would atrophy be present?
no
if there is a LMNL, would fasciculations be present?
yes
if there is an UMNL, would fasciculations be present?
no
if there is a LMNL, superficial reflexes be present?
no
if there is an UMNL, superficial reflexes be present?
no
beevor’s
while observin the umbilicus, the patient does a partial situp
normal: umbilicus stays midline