Words

Question 1

hypoesthesia

Answer 1

reduced sensation

Question 2

Paresthesia

Answer 2

abnormal touch sensation (e.g. pins and needles)

Question 3

hyperalgesia

Answer 3

increased sensitivity to a normally painful stmulus

Question 4

allodynia

Answer 4

a sensation of pain to a stimulus that does not usually cause pain

Question 5

pes cavus

Answer 5

high arches

Question 6

champagne bottle legs

Answer 6

legs look like inverted champagne bottle- indicative of Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, an inherited myelination defect

Question 7

CMAP

Answer 7

compound muscle action potential

Question 8

-paresis vs. -plegia

Answer 8

muscle weakness vs. no movement

Question 9

ganglia vs. nuclei

Answer 9

both are a collection of nerve cell bodies, but ganglia is peripheral and nuclei is central. Really, the basal ganglia ought to be called basal nuclei

Question 10

dysmetria

Answer 10

undershoot or overshooting the intended position due to lack of coordination– cerebellar dysfunction

Question 11

dysdiadochokinesia

Answer 11

inability to perform rapid alternating movement

Question 12

hoffman reflex

Answer 12

sign of UMN. flick the distal phalanx of digit 3 or 4 and terminal thumb phalanx flexes (= positive Hoffman)

Question 13

Jendrassik maneouvre

Answer 13

distraction manoeuvres to elicit a DTR- clenching teeth, pulling arms

Question 14

anosmia

Answer 14

loss of sense of smell