Vocab 8

Question 1

Loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions

Answer 1

Agnosia

Question 2

Loss of ability to express thoughts in writing

Answer 2

Agraphia

Question 3

Loss of memory

Answer 3

Amnesia

Question 4

Loss of pain sensation

Answer 4

Analgesia

Question 5

Loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs; or loss of comprehension of spoken or written language

Answer 5

Aphasia

Question 6

Loss of ability to perform purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor damage; eg. inability to use objects correctly

Answer 6

Apraxia

Question 7

Inability to perform coordinated movements

Answer 7

Ataxia

Question 8

Bizarre, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembling a snake or worm

Answer 8

Athetosis

Question 9

Sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk, or face

Answer 9

Chorea

Question 10

Rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of a muscle in response to sudden stretch

Answer 10

Clonus

Question 11

State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused

Answer 11

Coma

Question 12

Collision or trauma causes violent shaking of brain, yielding behavioral changes but no changes on radiologic imaging

Answer 12

Concussion

Question 13

Arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar-flexed

Answer 13

Decerebrate rigidity

Question 14

Arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar-flexed

Answer 14

Decorticate rigidity

Question 15

Imperfect articulation of speech due to problems of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage

Answer 15

Dysarthria

Question 16

Impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order

Answer 16

Dysphasia

Question 17

Disappearance of conditioned response

Answer 17

Extinction

Question 18

Rapid continuous twitching of resting muscle without movement of limb

Answer 18

Fasciculation

Question 19

Loss of muscle tone, limp

Answer 19

Flaccidity

Question 20

Ability to “read” a number by having it traced on the skin

Answer 20

Graphesthesia

Question 21

Loss of motor power (paralysis) on one side of the body, usually caused by a stroke; paralysis occurs on side opposite the lesion

Answer 21

Hemiplegia

Question 22

Motor neuron in the peripheral nervous system with its nerve fiber extending out to the muscle and only its cell body in the central nervous system

Answer 22

Lower motor neuron

Question 23

Rapid sudden jerk of a muscle

Answer 23

Myoclonus

Question 24

Stiffness in cervical neck area

Answer 24

Nuchal rigidity

Question 25

Back and forth oscillation of the eyes

Answer 25

Nystagmus

Question 26

Prolonged arching of back, with head and heels bent backward, and meninges irritation

Answer 26

Opisthotonos

Question 27

Decreased or loss of motor function due to problem with motor nerve or muscle fibers

Answer 27

Paralysis

Question 28

Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body

Answer 28

Paraplegia

Question 29

Abnormal sensation (burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling skin sensation)

Answer 29

Paresthesia

Question 30

Ability of the person to discriminate exactly where on the body the skin has been touched

Answer 30

Point localization

Question 31

Sensory information concerning body movements and position of the body in space

Answer 31

Proprioception

Question 32

Continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension with increased deep tendon reflexes

Answer 32

Spasticity

Question 33

Ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, size, and weight while the eyes are closed

Answer 33

Stereognosis

Question 34

Repetitive twitching of a muscle group at inappropriate times (eg. wink or grimace)

Answer 34

Tic

Question 35

Involuntary contraction of opposing muscle groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints

Answer 35

Tremor

Question 36

Ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin

Answer 36

Two-point discrimination

Question 37

Nerve located entirely within the central nervous system

Answer 37

Upper motor neuron