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chapter 2 CP
occupational therapy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hypertonicity | Spasticity |
| Primitive reflex | Innate primary reactions found in newborns and indicative of brain injury if present beyond their usual time of disappearance |
| Hemiplegia | Paralysis of one side of the body |
| Gastroesophageal reflux | GERD |
| Nystagmus | Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic, movement of the eyeball |
| Homonymous Hemianopsia | Loss of one half of the visual field, on the same side, in both eyes |
| Ataxia | Inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movement |
| Athetoid | Repetitive, involuntary, slow, sinuous, writing movement |
| Clonus | Alternate involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation in rapid succession |
| Contracture | Abnormal shortening of muscle tissue that renders the muscle highly resistant to stretching |
| Graphesthesia | The ability by which outlines, numbers, words, or symbols traced or written on the skin is recognized. |
| Hyperreflexia | Elevated reflex response |
| Hypotonicity | Reduced tone |
| Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four limbs |
| Strabismus | Deviation of the eye |
| Stretch reflex | Reflex contraction of a muscle in response to passive longitudinal stretching |
| Topagnosia | Loss of ability to localize site of tactile stimulation |
| Asterognosis | Inability to recognize objects by touch |
| Dysarthia | Imperfect articulation of speech |