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Motor_terminology
Terminology in Motor neurology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clonus | rapid series of abnormal muscle contractions that occur in response to stretching |
| Dystonia | abnormal muscle rigidity causing painful spasms, usually fixed postures or strange movements |
| Fasiculation | spontaneous, irregular and usually continual contractions of a muscle that is apparently at rest |
| Festinating gait | gait where the trunk is flexed, legs are flexed at the knees and hips but stiff while steps are short and progressively more rapid |
| Flaccidity | muscular lack of tone, where it is lax, weak or soft |
| Hemiplegia | paralysis or weakness on one side of the body caused by damage or disease to the motor nerve tracts on the opposite side of the brain |
| Paralysis | complete or partial loss of controlled movement caused by the inability to contract 1 or more muscles |
| Paraplegia | paralysis of both legs and sometimes part of the trunk as a result of nerve damage in the brain or spinal cord. |
| Spasticity | rigidity in a group of muscles causing stiffness and restriction of movement |
| Tremor | An involuntary, rhythmic, oscilating movement in muscles |
| Chorea | Rapid jerky movements, usually affecting face, limbs and trunk |
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