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Question | Answer |
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acetylcholinesterase | enzyme that degrades acetylcholine and reverses acetylcholine induced depolarization |
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | degenerative disease that causes muscle wasting and weakness |
anaphylactic shock | acute, life threatening allergic reaction |
blepharoptosis | condition that causes the eyelid muscles to droop |
botulinum toxin | poison produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum that causes muscle paralysis |
centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant | drug that produce relaxation of muscles through central nervous system depression blocking nerve transmission between the spinal cord and muscles |
cerebral palsy | neurological disorder that affects muscle movement and coordination |
clonus | rhythmic muscle contradiction that causes the feet and wrists to involuntary flex and relax |
depolarizing neuromuscular blockers | drugs that act as agonists at acetylcholine receptor sites and produce sustained depolarization |
diaphoresis | excessive sweating |
endotracheal intubation | process of inserting a tube down into the trachea to facilitate mechanical ventilation |
endplate | projection extending off the end of a motor neuron where the neurotransmitter acetylcholine is released |
lower motor neuron | neurons that branch out from the spinal cord to the muscles and tissues of the body |
multiple sclerosis | autoimmune disease that causes progressive damage to nerves resulting in spasticity, pain, mood changes. etc. |
negative symptoms | spasticity symptoms that can produce muscle weakness, decreased endurance, and reduction in the ability to make voluntary muscle movements |
neuromuscular junction | space between motor neuron endplate and the muscle soleplate that neurotransmitters must cross |
nondepolarizing competitive blockers | drugs that compete with acetylcholine for binding sites |
peripheral acting muscle relaxants | drugs that cause nerve transmission between the motor endplate and skeletal muscle receptors |
phenylketonuria | disease marked by failure to metabolize the amino acid phenyalanine to tyosine |
positive symptoms | spasticity symptoms that cause muscle spasms and hyperexcitable reflexes |
sarcomere | contracting unit of muscle fibers |
soleplate | portion of the membrane of muscle cells that receives messages transmitted by motor neurons |
spasticity | motor disorder that causes increased muscle tone, exaggerated tendon jerks and hyperexcitable muscles |
tetanus | fatal condition characterized by continuous muscle spasms |
upper motor neurons | neurons that carry messages from the brain down to the spinal cord |