Ex 2 Flashcards
(98 cards)
What are exaggerations of perversions of normal neurological function and are due to a loss of cortical function?
Release phenomena
What kind of lesions produce only deficit phenomena ?
Lower motor neuron lesions
What is an increase in muscular resistance felt by the examiner during quick joint movement then it fades away?
Spasticity ( like knife clasp)
What is an involuntary muscular resistance felt when moving a resting joint and persists as the joint is moved through its entire ROM?
Rigidity
For muscle stretch reflex in the biceps what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C5-6, main 5, musculcutaneous
For muscle stretch reflex in the brachioradialis what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C5-6, main 6, radial nerve
For muscle stretch reflex in the triceps what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C6-7-8-T1, main 7, radial
For muscle stretch reflex in finger flexion what is the segmental innervation and the peripheral nerve? ( also the main segmental innervation?
C7-8-T1, 8, median and ulnar
According to the Wexler scare what is a normal reflex rated as?
+2
According to the wexler scale what is a hyperactive reflex?
+3 (+4 would be hyperactive with some kind of clonus)
According to the wexler scale what is a hypoactive reflex with reinforcement?
+1
Reinforcement may be carried out according to what?
The method of jendrassik
What is the segmental interaction for the epigastric reflex?
T5-7
What is the segmental interaction for the Upper abdominal reflex?
T7-9
What is the segmental interaction for the middle abdominal reflex?
T9-T11
What is the segmental interaction for the lower abdominal refleX?
T11-T12
What is the segmental innervation for the cremasteric reflex?
L1-L2
What is the segmental innervation for the gluteal reflex?
L4-S2
What is the only abdominal reflex that is not stimulating ONLY the intercostal nerves?
Lower abdominal ( iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal )
What is the segmental innervation and peripheral nerve for the plantar reflex?
L4-s2, tibial
What are the segmental levels the ciliospinal reflex is testing? Afferent and efferent ?
AFF- cervical and CN V, eff- cervical symp
What are the segmental levels the occulocardiac reflex is testing? Afferent and efferent?
AFF- CN v, EFF- CN X
What are the segmental levels the carotid sinus reflex is testing? Afferent and efferent?
Aff- CN IX, EFF- CN X
What is the shaking in the fingers due to agonist antagonist actions ?
Physiological tremors