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Intermittent resistance to passive motion is called
Cogwheel rigidity
Resting tremor with masked face is a sign of which condition?
Parkinson’s disease
What is the nature of this patients condition?
Slowness of movement, resting tremor and hypophonia.
Substantia nigra degeneration
Which type of gait would this patient exhibit
Slowness of movement, resting tremor and hypophonia.
A shuffling festinating gait
Head trauma while fighting, speaking gibberish unable to name objects.
what’s the problem
Wernicke aphasia
Head trauma while fighting, speaking gibberish unable to name objects.
where is the lesion?
At the left parieto temporo occipital junction
Given the sudden onset with headache, and difficulty comprehending, what is the most likely cause?
Intracranial bleeding
12 y/o fight, head trauma, what other findings in this patient?
Inability to write coherently
What is the term for flexion extension tremor of the wrists this patient demonstrates?
Asterexis
12 y/o lose focus unresponsive what type of seizure ?
Absence seizure is described above.
12 y/o lose focus unresponsive categorize this seizure
General
12 y/o lose focus unresponsive what is true?
Patient will outgrow the seizures
73 can’t remember where he leaves things, short temper what symptoms describes untidy, lack of hygiene?
Apraxia
73 can’t remember where he leaves things, short temper patients condition?
Alzheimer’s disease
73 can’t remember where he leaves things, short temper feature of this patients condition?
Neurotic plaques in the brain
73 can’t remember where he leaves things, short temper this breakdown of mental cognitive ability is called
Dementia
Neurological deficits occurring in the morning, when blood pressure is low and in a waxing and waning fashion suggests which cause?
Vascular/ ischemic
22 bilateral weakness in the AM which region of the brain is affected in this case?
Medial medulla
The patients loss of touch sensation results from injury to which structure?
Medial lemniscus
The patients weakness, spasticity, and upgoong toe are result of injury to which structure?
Corticospinal tracts
Multiple unrelated deficits is highly suggestive of
MS
The nystagmus scanning speech and intention tremor localize this process to which region of the nervous system?
Cerebellum
The presence of nystagmus scanning speech and intention tremor is called “ “
Charcot triad
11 y/o girl abnormal behavior, feels like she’s floating, hallucinations visual and auditory, then loses consciousness; categorize this seizure
Complex partial