Flashcards in CEREBELLUM Deck (7)
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Coordination of voluntary movements
Posterior lobe
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Maintain coordination of limb movements while the movements are being executed
Regulation of muscle tone
Anterior lobe
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Responsible for coordination of the paraxial muscles associated with equilibrium
Flocculonodular lobe
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ATAXIA (loss of coordination of voluntary movements)
Rate, range and force of movements are abnormal resulting to intention tremor
DYSMETRIA - overshoots or undershoots when attempting to touch a target
DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA - inability to perform rapid alternating movements
POSTERIOR LOBE SYNDROME
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Loss of coordination chiefly in the lower limbs
Marked gait instability
Sliding the heel of one foot smoothly down the shin of the other leg is extremely difficult for the patient to do
ANTERIOR LOBE SYNDROME
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Truncal ataxia
FLOCCULONODULAR LOBE SYNDROME
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