numbness

Question 1

Pins and needles, no pain, appears even with (-) stimulus

Answer 1

paresthesia

Question 2

Cover all types of abnormal sensation including

painful ones, (+/-) stimulus.

Answer 2

dysesthesia

Question 3

pain in response to touch

Answer 3

hyperesthesia

Question 4

reduction of cutaneous sensation

Answer 4

hypesthesia

Question 5

Reduced pain perception (usually seen in poorly

controlled diabetic patients)

Answer 5

hypalgesia

Question 6

Encompasses all (Allodynia, Hyperesthesia,
Hyperalgesia)
o Delayed perception with increased threshold of
pain

Answer 6

Hyperpathia

Question 7

patient sways markedly or topples when asked to stand with feet close together and eyes closed

Answer 7

+ romberg sign

Question 8

pain and temperature

Answer 8

spinothalamic tracts/ anterolateral system

Question 9

TOUCH, PROPRIOCEPTION and VIBRATION

Answer 9

POSTERIOR COLUMN-MEDIAL LEMNISCAL

Question 10

posterior column

Answer 10

ipsilateral— proprioception, vibration

Question 11

spinothalamic tract

Answer 11

contralateral — pain, light touch, temperature

Question 12

motor supply

Answer 12

anterior and lateral corticospinal

Question 13

small fobers

Answer 13

Pain, temperature, Heat and cold

PTHC

Question 14

Large fibers

Answer 14

touch, vibration, position

Question 15

an area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve for the modalities of sensation.

Answer 15

dermatomes

Question 16

dermatome plexus

Answer 16

lumbosacral plexus

Question 17

dermatomes of the upper limbs

Answer 17

brachial plexus

Question 18

dermatomes of the trunk

Answer 18

facial, cervical, thoracic

Question 19

PROPRIOCEPTION: ORDER OF TESTING (upperlimb)

Answer 19

Distal interphalangeal joint, proximal interphalangeal joint, metacarpophalangeal joint,
wrist, elbow, shoulder

Question 20

proprioception order of testinhg (lowerlimb)

Answer 20

Distal interphalangeal joint of the hallux, metatarsophalangeal joint, ankle knee and hip

Question 21

quantitative sensory testing

Answer 21

2-point discrimination
touch localization
bilateral simultaneous stimulation tests

Question 22

perception of figures on the skin,
writing a letter/number on the patient’s skin and
the patient will try to identify

Answer 22

graphesthesia

Question 23

identifying objects

Answer 23

stereognosis

Question 24

balance requires

Answer 24

o Vision
o Vestibular sense
o Proprioception

Question 25

Falling with eyes open or closed

Answer 25

cerebellar lesion

Question 26

falling only with eyes closed

Answer 26

posterior column or vestibular lesion

Question 27

deep aching pain along the course of the related nerve trunk

Answer 27

nerve & root: radicular or root lesions

Question 28

simultaneous malfunction of many peripheral nerves throughout the body

Answer 28

polyneuropathies

Question 29

enhanced pain but other sensations are diminished

Answer 29

polyneuropathies

Question 30

are not dermatomal and usually result in loss of sensation, not pain such as the Thalamic lain syndrome

Answer 30

central deficit

Question 31

brown-sequard

Answer 31

hemisection of the cord

Question 32

in hemisection of the cord, there is loss of

Answer 32

proprioception and vibration

Question 33

The afferent sensory fibers are damaged and

theoretically cut so there will be lost of proprioception, vibration, temperature, pain, and light touch.

Answer 33

complete transection

Question 34

harlequin pattern and lateral medullary syndrome

Answer 34

brainstem lesion

Question 35

right face affected and left neck

downwards affected.

Answer 35

right lesion

Question 36

left face affected and right neck downwards affected.

Answer 36

left lesion

Question 37

 Opposite side will be affected. There will be loss of
proprioception, vibration, temperature, pain, and light
touch.
 The feeling is like the flesh is being torn off or being
bathed in acid. It is very painful.

Answer 37

thalamic lesion