Chapter 7

Question 0

Spastic CP

Answer 0

Hypertonicity- jerky, abrupt, rigid, slow movements
Arms and legs rotated inward
Usually both sides
Heels of feet pulled up
One or both arms raised with wrist flexed
Head drawn back and tilted
Mouth open

Question 1

Cerebral palsy

Answer 1

Can be prenatal or congenital.
Abnormal movements and postures
Non progressive
Affects respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation

Question 2

Ataxic CP

Answer 2

Impaired ability to coordinate movements and maintain balance
Legs spread wide
Leg and arm movements are clumsy awkward and uncoordinated
Muscles are usually hypotonic and weak
Injury to cerebellum

Question 3

Athetoid CP

Answer 3

Slow, writhing, worm like movements and involuntary movements of the extremities
Feet and knees drawn inward
Arms flexed, fingers extended back
Head drawn back and tilted
Open mouth
Movements are exaggerated

Question 4

Autism

Answer 4

No test
Lack of responsiveness 
Preference to objects
Lack of interest in verbal communication
Stereotype body movements 
Dislike of touch
Self injurious behaviors
Unusual talent

Question 5

Language characteristics of autism

Answer 5

Lack of eye contact
Interruptive
Difficulty generalizing word meaning 
Pronoun reversal
Repetition

Question 6

Fragile x syndrome

Answer 6

Fragile site on the long arm of the X chromosome

• typically in males, big jaw, large head, submucous cleft, large long deformed pinna.
• language delay, add/adhd, autistic like behaviors, problems with sensation, emotion. Behavior

Question 7

Down syndrome

Answer 7

Cause is 1 extra chromosome (47 vs 46)
- shortened oral and pharyngeal structures. Lack of muscle tone. Flat facial profile. Intellectual disability, large tongue.

Question 8

Prader-Willi syndrome

Answer 8

Absence of long arm of the paternal chromosome 15

• craniofacial anomalies. Low muscle tone. Small hands. Intellectual disabilities
• abnormal resonance. Language delay.

Question 9

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Answer 9

Chronic alcoholic mothers

-speech. Language voice and fluency problems

Question 10

Cri-du-chat syndrome

Answer 10

Deletion on chromosome 5

-high pitched voices , articulation difficulties , limited language skills. Hearing loss

Question 11

Tourette’s syndrome

Answer 11

No specific genetic abnormality identified.

• more common in males. Tics.
• impulsive. Anxious. Aggressive. Obsessive compulsive.
• stuttering, dysarthria, pragmatic issues