Neurological terminology .txt

Irregular contraction that are rapid and brief sudden movements & involuntary

Sustained muscle contraction that are frequently cause twisting, abnormal posture, and repetitive movements.

• Slow, writhing movements of the fingers and toes but can be seen on the face, tounge, trunk, extremities.
• Involuntary movements and trunk stability.

Inability to initiate movements

Generalize weakness

Difficulty to articulate of the tounge

Inability motor planning

Difficulty swallowing

Inability to recognize people

Inability to be expressive

Slow movements

A reflex of the big toe planter flex and the rest swing down

Difficulty alternating rapid movements.

Repetitive unmeaningful word.

State of severe hypertonicity where sustain muscle contractions not able to move a limb.

Cortocospinal lesion at brainstem resultant extension of the trunk and all extremities

Cortocospinal lesion at the.dincephalon resulting the trunk and LE in extension and UE in flexion

Double vision.

• Movements that may be present or elicited in patients with neurological insult
• Abnormal pattern that don't present isolated muscles.

Combination of gait and balance

Identify any common object with the eyes closed

Draw any two digit number or capital letter on the hands with their eyes closed.

Identify any two object's weights eyes closed

Weakness, Paralysis, of the right side

Increase frustration

decrease processing

possible aphasia

possible dysphagia

Decreased discrimination left or right

Right hemianopsia

Weakness, paralysis of the left side

Decrease attention span

Left hemianopsia

Decrease awareness and judgement

Memory deficits

Left inattention

Decrease abstract reasoning

Emotional liability

Impulsive behavior

Decrease spatial orientation

A CVA that presents with a total neurological deficit at the onset

A CVA usually caused by a thombus that graduAlly progressed. Total.neurological deficits are not seen.for one or two.days after onset.

Embolus

Thrombus

Can be solid, liquid , or gas that travels through the blood stream to the arteries causing a collusion of a blood vessel and a resultant infant.

• A plaque develops in an artery and eventually becomes a clot.
• This type of CVA is extremely variable in onset where symptoms can appear in a min or days after the onset.
• Usually occurs during sleep or waking up from an MI or surgery.

Ability of Identifying a static position

Identifying direction and the actual movement in space

identifying two points when felt on the skin without sight.

Sharp and dull on the face

squeezing the calf or forearm or triceps area

Following an object downward.

• Sweet and sour of the face. . .
• ability todo facial expression.

Ticking sound next to the ear. .

Postivtive when can't hear 18-24 inches away

• Field of vision,
• pt covers one eye and look at the center. Ask them if they see your finger in their visual field.

following an object vertical,  horizontally, and diagonally  

a common smell underneath the nose with a cotton ball

abduct the eyes. .

ability to gag when applying a tong depressor

ability to gag when applying a tong depressor

MMT on the shoulders.

Protrude the tongue in a symmetrical fashion

• Abnormal velocity dependent muscle tone.
• Faster & Lengthen the limb, the more resistance is felt in the muscle.

uncoordinated gait