Sensory Fx

Question 1

conscious proprioception

Answer 1

the conscious awareness of body position and movement of body segments. It is regulated by the lemniscal system through pathways that begin in joint receptors and end in the parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex; it enables the cortex to refine voluntary movements.

Question 2

agnosia (stereoagnosia)

Answer 2

inability to recognize what a sensation is despite relatively normal perception of the sensation. When it is tactile it is termed sterioagnosia (or asteriognosis). It would be the inability to determine the denomination of a coin despite normal ability to perceive it, for example.

Question 3

graphesthesia

Answer 3

ability to identify letters or figures traced on the skin (without looking).

Question 4

dermatone

Answer 4

is the area of skin supplied by a nerve root

Question 5

sclerotome

Answer 5

is the area of bone and joints supplied by a single nerve root.

Question 6

myotome

Answer 6

is the muscles supplied by a single nerve root

Question 7

radiculopathy

Answer 7

damage to a nerve root (radiculitis is irritation). herniate disk damage

Question 8

Myleopathy

Answer 8

is damage to the spinal cord from any cause.

Question 9

Anesthesia/hypoesthesia

Answer 9

(or decrease) in sensation.

Question 10

hyperpathia

Answer 10

exaggerated perception of normally painful stimuli.

Question 11

hyperesthesia

Answer 11

excessive sensitivity to any modality. (decreased pain tolerance)

Question 12

dysesthesia

Answer 12

perception of the pain when no stimulus is present.

Question 13

paresthesia

Answer 13

is the detection of a sensation in the absence of any stimulus.

Question 14

polyneuropathy

Answer 14

generalized damage to peripheral nerves.

Question 15

double stimulation tests..

Answer 15

attention/neglect

Question 16

suspended sensory loss

Answer 16

lesions at center of spinal cord with loss of pain and temperature sensation at several dermatones bilterally, with preserved sensation in lower body