Week 9 part 1 Flashcards
Which spinal tract carries ascending pain sensation?
-Lateral spinothalamic tract
What characteristics are associated with nociceptive pain?
- tissue injury
- localized
- aching/throbbing
- classified as somatic or visceral
Is genu valgum the term for bow legged or knock knees?
-Knock kneed
GUM sticks your knees together
What are the s/sx of rheumatoid arthritis?
- Symmetrical bilaterally
- Heat, redness, pain
- Systemic s/sx
What distinguishes functional scholiosis from structural scholiosis?
-Functional disappears with forward bend, structural does not.
What is dysmetria?
Inability to control ROM of muscles
What is dysarthria?
Difficulty forming words (think articulate)
What are the tests for cerebellar function?
- gait
- Romberg
- knee bend
- rapid alternating movements
- finger to nose
- heel to shin
What are the spinothalamic tests?
- Pain
- Temp
- Light touch
What are the posterior column tests?
- Vibration
- Position
- Discrimination (stereognosis, graphaesthesia, 2 point discrimination)
What are the characteristics of upper motor lesions?
- spasticity
- normal or slightly atrophied muscles
- increased reflexes, clonus, positive Babinski
What are the characteristics of lower motor lesions?
- flaccid
- atrophy
- fasciculations
- hyporeflexia
- negative Babinski
Describe the process of pain.
-transduction -> transmission -> perception -> modulation
