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36 Cards in this Set
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Agnosia
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loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions.
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Agraphia
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loss of ability to express thoughts in writing.
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Amnesia
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loss of memory.
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Analgesia
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loss of pain sensation.
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Aphasia
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loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or of comprehension of spoken or written language.
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Apraxia
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loss of ability to perform purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor damage, e.g., inability to use objects correctly.
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Ataxia
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inability to perform coordinated movements.
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Athetosis
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bizarre, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembling a snake or worm.
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Chorea
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sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk, or face.
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Clonus
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rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of a muscle in response to sudden stretch.
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Coma
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state of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused.
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Decerebrate rigidity
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arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, aroused.
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Decorticate rigidity
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arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar flexed
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Dysarthria
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imperfect articulation of speech due to problems of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral n.s. damage
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Dysphasia
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impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order
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Extinction
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disappearance of conditioned response
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Fasciculation
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rapid continuos twitching of resting muscle without movement of limb
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flaccidity
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loss of muscle tone; limp
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Graphesthesia
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ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin
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Hemiplegia
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loss of motor power (paralysis) on 1 side of the body, usually caused by a cerebrovascular accident; paralysis occurs on the opposite side of the lesion
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Lower Motor Neuron
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motor neuron in the peripheral nervous system with its nerve fiber extending out to the muscle and only its cell body in the cns
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Myoclonus
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rapid sudden jerk of muscle
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Nuchal rigidity
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stiffness in cervical neck area
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Nystagmus
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back and forth oscillation of the eyes
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Opisthotonos
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prolonged arching of back, with head and heels bent backward, and meningeal irritation
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Paralysis
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decreased or loss of motor function due to problem with motor nerve or muscle fiber
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paraplegia
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impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body
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paresthesia
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abnormal sensation, ex. burning, numbness, tingling, prickling, crawling skin sensation
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Point Localization
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ability of the person to discriminate exactly where on the body the skin has been touched
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Proprioception
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sensory info concerning body movements and position of the body in space
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spasticity
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continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension, with increased deep tendon reflexes
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stereognosis
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ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes, and weights while their eyes are closed
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Tic
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repetitive twitching of a muscle group at inappropriate times ex. wink grimace
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Tremor
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involuntary contraction of opposing muscle groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints
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two-point discrimination
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ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin
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upper motor neuron
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nerve located entirely within the cns
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