Flashcards in lesion localization Deck (18)
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divisions of brain (3)
1. cortex
2. subcortex
3. brainstem - cerebellum
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peripheral nervous system divisions (3)
1. nerve root/peripheral nerve
2. neuromuscular jxn
3. muscle
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spasticity, hyperreflexia, hypertonicity,
UMN lesion
4
flaccidity, hyporeflexia, hypotonicity, fasciculations, atrophy
LMN lesion
5
babinski reflex
UMN
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pure motor or pure sensory deficits or affecting entire side of body
subcortex lesion
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discoordinated movement out of proportion with weakness
ataxia; cerebellum lesion
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lesions of cerebellum manifest ipsilateral or contralateral
ipsilateral
9
CN lesions manifest from?
brainstem
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crossed signs, prominent dysarthia
brainstem lesion
11
spinal sensory level
myelopathy (spinal cord)
12
prominent bladder and bowel invovlement
myelopathy
13
assymetric, dermatomal distribution, radicular pain
radiculopathy
14
myelopathy is ____lesion, radiculopathy is ___lesion
spinal cord; nerve root
15
distribution of sx along a specific nerve
peripheral neuropathy
16
diurnal variation in fluctuating motor weakness with easy fatigueability
neuromuscular jxn lesion
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is neuropathy or myopathy more likely to have sensory signs
neuropathy
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