Neuromuscular Flashcards
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Akinesia
The inability to INITIATE movement
Agnosia
The inability to recognize familiar objects with one form of sensation
Broca’s aphasia
Expressive. Severe difficulty in verbal expression, impairment and object naming and writing
Brokas aphasia is mostly found with what other comorbidity
Right hemiplegia
What is the most common form of aphasia
Global
Global aphasia
Characterized by reduced speech and comprehension; reading and writing are impaired as well
Astereognosis
The inability to recognize objects by touch alone
Asynergia
Inability to move muscles together In a Cordinated manner
Ataxia
Uncoordinated movements especially gait
Athetosis
Slow involuntary wormlike twisting motions. Usually seen in forms of cerebral palsy
Causalgia
Burning sensations which are painful. Associated with complex regional pain syndrome.
Complex regional pain syndrome used to be known as
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
It’s a breathing pattern characterized by period of apnea lasting 10 the 60 seconds followed by gradually increasing and decreasing the depth and frequency of respirations
What are the pathologies associated with Cheyne-Stokes respiration
Severe cases of TBI or CHF
Chorea
Rapid involuntary jerking movement. Especially in Huntington’s
Clonus
Rhythmic oscillation of a muscle in response to sustain stretch in patients with upper motor neuron disease
Decerebrate rigidity
Contraction of extensor muscles of the upper and lower. Due to injury at level of brainstem
Decorticate rigidity
Contraction of flexors of uppers and extensors of lowers
Delirium
Temporary confusion and loss of mental function
Dementia
Loss of memory or intellectual functioning
Dysmetria
Inability to judge distances. Seen especially in cerebellar dysfunction
EMG or electromyography
Study of the contraction of a muscle as a result of electrical stimulation.
Used to evaluate voluntary electrical activity of a muscle
Glove and stocking anesthesia
Generalized peripheral neuropathies distal portions of nerves degenerate resulting in anesthesia of distal extremities as if gloves or stockings.
Occasionally seen in Guillain-Barré syndrome
Shingles or herpes zoster
Painful inflammation of posterior root ganglion caused by virus, formation of vesicles or fluid filled sacs a long course of nerve or Dermatome