SENSORY-NEURAL PART 2

Question 1

activated when a tendon is stimulated (tapped) and its associated
muscle contracts.

Answer 1

Deep Tendon Reflex (DTR)

Question 2

indicative of possible spinal cord injury.
Normal: Negative, all five toes
bend downward;

Answer 2

Babinski/Plantar refleX

Question 3

are sensory nerve terminals that occur chiefly in the muscles, tendons, joints, and internal ear. They give information about movements and the position of the body.

Answer 3

Proprioceptors

Question 4

assess functions that require whole body movement and which involve the large muscles of the body to perform everyday functions

Answer 4

Gross motor tests

Question 5

indicates vestibular system, sensory system, proprioceptive system

Answer 5

Romberg test

Question 6

detects problems in locomotion

Answer 6

Gait test

Question 7

stiff-foot dragging walk caused by unilateral leg muscle hypertonicity

Answer 7

Spastic gait

Question 8

Adduction of thighs with each step, causing knees to hit or cross in SCISSOR LIKE MOVEMENT

Answer 8

Scissors gait

Question 9

Stooped, rigid posture. Cardinal sign of advanced Parkinson’s disease

Answer 9

Propulsive gait

Question 10

Results form footdrop , which causes outward rotation of hip and exaggerated flexion of KNEE

Answer 10

Steppage gait

Question 11

Distinctive DUCKLIKE walk

Answer 11

WADDLING GAIT

Question 12

abnormal responses to touch stimuli include loss of sensation

Answer 12

anesthesia-

Question 13

more than normal sensation

Answer 13

Hyperesthesia-

Question 14

less than normal sensation

Answer 14

Hypoesthesia

Question 15

abnormal sensation such as burning, pain, or an electric shock

Answer 15

Paresthesia

Question 16

areas of the skin that have connections to specific spinal nerves.

Answer 16

Dermatomes-