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Ch 16: antiparkinson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Akinesia | reduction or absence of psycomotor activities that resukt in a masklike facial expression and impaired postural reflexes. PD |
| wearing off phenomenon | gradual worseing of PD symptoms as medications lose their effectivness despite being given the maximal dose |
| exogenous | substance produced outside the body taken into the body (meds, fodd, toxins) |
| dyskinesia | impaired ability to execute voluntary movements |
| dystonia | impaired voluntary movements due to disorder of muscle tone |
| Chorea | involuntary, purposeless, rpid, motions, such as flexing |