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Vocab 8 Flashcards

1
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Loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions

A

Agnosia

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2
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Loss of ability to express thoughts in writing

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Agraphia

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3
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Loss of memory

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Amnesia

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4
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Loss of pain sensation

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Analgesia

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5
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Loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs; or loss of comprehension of spoken or written language

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Aphasia

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6
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Loss of ability to perform purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor damage; eg. inability to use objects correctly

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Apraxia

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7
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Inability to perform coordinated movements

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Ataxia

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8
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Bizarre, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembling a snake or worm

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Athetosis

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9
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Sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk, or face

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Chorea

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10
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Rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of a muscle in response to sudden stretch

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Clonus

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11
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State of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused

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Coma

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12
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Collision or trauma causes violent shaking of brain, yielding behavioral changes but no changes on radiologic imaging

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Concussion

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13
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Arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar-flexed

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Decerebrate rigidity

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14
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Arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar-flexed

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Decorticate rigidity

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15
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Imperfect articulation of speech due to problems of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage

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Dysarthria

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16
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Impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order

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Dysphasia

17
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Disappearance of conditioned response

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Extinction

18
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Rapid continuous twitching of resting muscle without movement of limb

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Fasciculation

19
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Loss of muscle tone, limp

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Flaccidity

20
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Ability to “read” a number by having it traced on the skin

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Graphesthesia

21
Q

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

A

Hemiplegia

22
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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

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Lower motor neuron

23
Q

Rapid sudden jerk of a muscle

A

Myoclonus

24
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Stiffness in cervical neck area

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Nuchal rigidity

25
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Back and forth oscillation of the eyes

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Nystagmus

26
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Prolonged arching of back, with head and heels bent backward, and meninges irritation

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Opisthotonos

27
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Decreased or loss of motor function due to problem with motor nerve or muscle fibers

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Paralysis

28
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Impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body

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Paraplegia

29
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Abnormal sensation (burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling skin sensation)

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Paresthesia

30
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Ability of the person to discriminate exactly where on the body the skin has been touched

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Point localization

31
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Sensory information concerning body movements and position of the body in space

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Proprioception

32
Q

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

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Spasticity

33
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Ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, size, and weight while the eyes are closed

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Stereognosis

34
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Repetitive twitching of a muscle group at inappropriate times (eg. wink or grimace)

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Tic

35
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Involuntary contraction of opposing muscle groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints

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Tremor

36
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Ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin

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Two-point discrimination

37
Q

Nerve located entirely within the central nervous system

A

Upper motor neuron

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