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7 Cards in this Set
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Stretch (myotactic) reflex |
-monosynaptic -sensed by MM spindle -ex. DTRs |
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Spinal shock |
-no DTRs -no sensation -flaccid paralysis -paralyzed bladder/rectum -hypotension |
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Central Cord Syndrome |
-usually cervical -causes damage to ventral white commissure -pt will have impaired pain/crude touch at level |
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Syringomyelia |
-rare type of central cord syndrome -the central canal dilates |
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Anterior Cord Syndrome |
-damaged spinothalamic and lat/med CS tracts below lesion |
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Brown-Sequard Syndrome |
-hemisection -ipsilateral loss of prop/2-point, UMN signs, LMN signs at lesion, and cutaneous sensation at lesion -contralateral loss of pain/crude touch |
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Cauda Equina Syndrome |
-involves parasympathetic NS so there will be bowel and bladder problems-causes LMN signs at lesion
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