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