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27 Cards in this Set
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what reflex area is controlled
by the cervical plexus? |
back of the neck
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what area of the spinal cord is stimulated by
percussion to the cervical plexus? |
C1 - C4
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what reflex area is controlled
by the brachial plexus? |
wrist tendon
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what area of the spinal cord is stimulated by
percussion to the brachial plexus? |
C4 - C8
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what reflex area is controlled
by the lumbar plexus? |
knee-jerk
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what area of the spinal cord is stimulated by
percussion to the lumbar plexus? |
L1 - L5
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what reflex area is controlled
by the sacral plexus? |
ankle
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what area of the spinal cord is stimulated by
percussion to the sacral plexus? |
S1 - S3
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which 4 techniques have direct stimulating
effects on the nervous system? |
percussion
vibration nerve compression friction |
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which techniques have sedative
effects on the nervous system? |
strong percussion
stroking centrifugal friction light friction |
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reflex stroking of the plantar area would
stimulate which area of the spine? |
S5 - S6
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reflex percussion of the plantar area
would stimulate which area of the spine? |
S1 - S5
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percussion over the fleshy portion of the
hips would stimulate which reflex area? |
gluteal
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stroking of the skin of the abdomen in
the mammary line would stimulate which reflex area? |
abdominal
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on which area would you do reflex stroking
for hypopepsia and motor insufficiency of the stomach? |
epigastric
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on which area would you do reflex stroking
for lung congestion and lung problems? |
axillary
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name the part of the spinal cord
that each reflex area stimulates: |
interscapular = C6 - C8; T1
axillary = T2 - T4 epigastric = T5 - T7 abdominal = T8 - T12 cremastric = L1 - L3 gluteal = L4 - L5 plantar stroking = S5 - S6 or plantar percussion = S1 - S5 |
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what is another name for the solar plexus?
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celiac ganglion
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the bone is splintered, crushed,
or broken into pieces |
comminuted fracture
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a partial fracture in which one side of the
bone is broken and the other side bends |
greenstick fracture
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one end of the fractured bone is forcefully
driven into the interior of the other |
impacted fracture
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a fracture of the distal end of the fibula
with injury to the distal tibial articulation |
Pott's fracture
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a fracture of the distal end of the radius
in which the distal fragment is displaced posteriorly |
Colles' fracture
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what is the first step in the repair
of a bone fracture? |
formation of fracture hematoma
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the ventral (anterior) rami of spinal nerves
form networks of nerves are called what? |
plexuses
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which plexus supplies the buttocks,
perineum, and part of the lower extremities? |
sacral plexus
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what is the largest nerve arising from
the lumbar plexus called? |
femoral nerve
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