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PTA EXAM FINAL PIECES

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Definition
Tamponade   compression of heart due to increased fluid in paricardial sac  
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Asthenia   abnormal physical weakness or lack of energy; secondary to cerebellar pathology  
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Anemia   Decrease in RBC's/hemoglobin; increased fatigue and pallor  
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Leukemia   malignant, progressive disease; bone marrow produces immature or abnormal leukocytes; leads to anemia and decreased immune function  
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Dialysis Frequency   3x per week for 4 hours  
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Blood Pressure Measurements   Normal - 120/80 Pre - 120-139/80-89 Stage 1 Hyper - 140-159/90-99 Stage 2Hyper - >160/>100  
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Serum Cholesterol   Total - <200 - desirable; >240 High LDL - <100 optimal; >190 Very High HDL - <40 low; >60 high Triglycerides - <150 desirable; >500 Very High  
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Maceration   Softening of skin due to prolonged moisture  
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Clonus   Mm spasm involving repeated painful contractions precipitated by quick stretch; upper motor neuron lesion;  
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Akinesia   Inability to initiate movement; Parkinson's  
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Athetosis   involuntary movement combined with instability of posture; peripheral movement occurs without central involvement  
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Chorea   Movements that are sudden, random and involuntary  
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Dysmetria   Inability to control ROM and force of mm activity  
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Dystonia   similar to athetosis but involves larger axial mm's  
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Ankylosing Spondylitis   Inflammatory arthritis affecting vertebrae and large joints; decreased lordosis, increased kyphosis  
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Testing Vestibular System   Examine balance with movement of head; Dix Haulpike; bi-thermal caloric testing; nystagmus testing; head thrust sign (manual head turning); vestibuloocullar reflex (coordination of head/eye movement  
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Rheumatoid Arthritis   autoimmune inflammatory connective tissue disorder; peripheral to central; effects synovial membranes  
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Ultrasound Indications   acute and post acute (non thermal); calcium deposits; chronic inflammation; delayed soft tissue healing; dermal ulcers; joint contracture; mm spasms; myofascial trigger points; pain; plantar warts; scar tissue; tissue regeneration  
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Ultrasound perimeters   Intensity - W/cm^2 Frequency - MHz Duty cycle - %  
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NMES   Increases mm activity; helps with denervated mm  
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Functional Electrical Stimulation   Increases neuro-muscular activity during functional movement; electrodes place parallel to mm fibers; 1 over motor point; min 2 inches apart  
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Romberg Test   Used to diagnose sensory ataxia; feet together, arms across chest, eyes open and then closed; score is based on time with eyes closed  
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MET's   Metabolic Equivalent Light <3 Moderate 3-6 Vigorous 7-10  
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TENS   -Acute and chronic pain management; conventional; acupuncture like; Brief intense; Noxious  
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Interferential Current   Biphasic; 2 leads; pain relief, circulation and mm stimulation; usually comfortable  
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Iontophoresis Meds - Positive   Copper Sulfate - Fungal infection Lidocaine - Analgesia; inflammation Magnesium Sulfate - mm spasms ischemia Zinc oxide - healing, dermal ulcers, wounds  
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Iontophoresis Meds - Negative   Acetic acid - calcific deposits; myositis ossificans Calcium chloride - scar tissue; keloids; mm spasms Dexamethasone - inflammation Iodine - scars, adhesive capsulitis Salicylates - mm and joint pain; plantar warts  
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Left Cerebral Hemisphere Function   Language - understand it, produce written and spoken; sequence/performance of movement; analytical, controlled, logical, rational, mathematical calculations, express positive emotions, process verbally coded info; Broca's typically  
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Right Cerebral Hemisphere Function   Nonverbal processing; process info holistically, artistic, general concept comprehension, hand eye coordination, spatial relationships, kinesthetic awareness, understand music, mathematical reasoning, express negative emotions, body image/self awareness  
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Frontal Lobe Function   Voluntary movement; intellect; orientation; Broca's area - speech and concentration; personality, temper, judgement, reasoning, behavior, self awareness, executive functions  
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Frontal Lobe Impairment   Contralateral weakness, perseveration, inattention, personality changes, antisocial, impaired concentration, apathy, Broca's aphasia (expressive deficits), delayed/poor initiation, emotional lability  
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Parietal Lobe Function   Associated with touch, kinesthesia, perception of vibration, and temp; receives info from other areas about hearing, vision, motor, sensory and memory; provides meaning to objects, interprets language and words, spacial visual perception  
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Parietal Lobe Impairment   Dominant hemisphere (typically left) agraphia, alexia, agnosia; non dominant hemisphere dressing apraxia, constructional apraxia and anosognosia; contralateral sensory deficits; impaired language comprehension; impaired taste  
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Temporal Lobe Function   Primary auditory and olfaction processing; Wernicke's (typically left) - ability to understand and produce meaningful speech, verbal and general memory, assists with understanding language; interpret others' emotions and reactions  
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Temporal Lobe Impairment   Learning deficits; Wernicke's (receptive aphasia), anti social/aggressive behavior; difficulty with facial recognition and memory; inability to categorize  
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Occipital Lobe Function   Visual info; colors, light ans shapes, judgement of distance; 3D  
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Occipital Lobe Impairment   Homonymous hemianopsia; Impaired eye mm movement; visual deficits; impaired color recognition; reading and writing impairments; cortical blindness  
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Thalamus   Relay/processing center for most info that goes to cerebrum; Coordinates sensory perception and movement except olfaction  
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Hypothalamus   Receives and integrates info from autonomic nervous system and regulates hormones; Controls hunger, thirst, sexuality, sleep; body temp; adrenals; pituitary, etc.  
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Subthalamus   Important for regulating skeletal mm movement  
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Epithalamus   AKA Pineal gland; Secretes melatonin; involved in circadian rhythms, internal clock, select motor pathways, and emotions  
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Cerebellum Function   Fine tuning of movement; Assists with maintaining posture and balance by mm tone and extremity positioning; controls repid alternating movements  
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Cerebellum Impairment   Ipsilateral impairments; ataxia, nystagmus, tremor, hypermetria, poor coordination, and deficits of postural reflexes, balance and equilibrium  
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Medulla Oblongata   Influences autonomic nervous activity; regulation of respiration and HR; reflex centers for vomiting, coughing, and sneezing; contralateral motor impairments  
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Saltatory Conduction   action potential jumping from node to node; increases speed and decreases use of sodium/potassium pumps  
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A Peripheral Nerve Fibers   Large; myelinated; high conduction rate; alpha, beta, gamma and delta  
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B Peripheral Nerve Fibers   Medium size; Myelinated; reasonably fast conduction; pre ganglionic fibers of autonomic NS  
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C Peripheral Nerve Fibers   Small; poorly or un myelinated; slowed conductions; Post ganglionic fibers of sympathetic NS; exteroceptors for pain, temp and touch  
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Upper Motor Neuron Diseases (UMND)   Cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, ALS, CVA, birth injuries, MS, Huntington's, TBI, Pseudobulbar palsy; brain tumors  
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Lower Motor Neuron Diseases (LMND)   Poliomyelitis; ALS; Guillian Barre; spinal cord tumors, trauma, progressive mm atrophy, infection, Bell's palsy, carpal tunnel, mm dystrophy, spinal mm atrophy  
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UMND Characteristics   Weakness of involved mm's; hypertonicity; hyperreflexia; mild disuse atrophy; abnormal reflexes (injury occurs in lateral white column of spinal cord)  
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LMND Characteristics   Flaccidity or weakness of involved mm's; decreased tone; fasciculations; mm atrophy; decreased or absent reflexes  
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Fluent Aphasia   Often involves Temporal lobe, Wernicke's area or parietal lobe; Word and speech production are functional; prosody (vocal patterns) and acceptable but emptyspeech; lacks substance; word substitutions/nonsense  
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Non Fluent Aphasia   Often involves frontal lobe; poor word output and prosody; poor articulation; increased effort for speech  
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Broca's Aphasia   Frontal lobe lesion; non fluent; expressive; most common; in tact auditory and reading comprehension; impaired repetition and naming skills; frustration with errors; paraphasias; motor impairments  
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Wernicke's Aphasia   Temporal lobe lesion; fluent; receptive; Reading and auditory comprehension impaired; good articulation with use pf paraphasias; impaired writing and naming  
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Global Aphasia   Non fluent; Severe comprehension and reading impairment; impaired naming, writing and repetition; may involuntarily verbalize; may use non verbal skills for coms  
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Dysarthria   Motor disorder of speech; upper motor neuron lesion that affects the mm's that are used to articulate words and sounds; speech is slurred and may affect respiration  
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Brunnstrum Movement Therapy   7 levels; works with limb synergies; worst to better  
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Constructional Apraxia   Inability to reproduce geometric shapes and signs  
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Ideational Apraxia   Inability to initiate motor plan/sequence where proprioceptive input is impaired  
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Ideomotor Apraxia   Automatic movement may occur but no conscious additional movement can occur  
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Perseveration   Uncontrolled repeating  
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Anterior Cord Syndrome   Incomplete lesion; Damage to anterior spinal cord or artery; usually occurs with cervical flexion; loss of motor function, pain and temp sense; damage to corticospinal and spinothalamic tracts  
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Brown Sequard's Syndrome   Incomplete lesion; paralysis, loss of vibratory and position sense ipsilaterally; loss of pain and temp sense contra laterally  
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Cauda Equina Injuries   Below L1; considered peripheral nerve injury; flaccidity, areflexia, impairment of bowel and bladder function  
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Central Cord Injuries   Incomplete lesion; compression and damage to central spinal cord; cervical hyperextension; Motor deficits in upper more than lower extremities  
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Posterior Cord Injuries   Rare; incomplete lesion; compression of posterior spinal artery; loss of proprioception, 2 point discrimination and sterognosis; motor funciton is preserved  
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ASIA Impairment Scale   A - Complete B - Sensory incomplete C - Motor Incomplete <3/5 MMT D - Motor Incomplete >3/5 MMT E - Normal  
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Ranchos Los Amigos Cognitive Function Scale   8 levels; worse to better  
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Glasgow coma Scale   3-15; 3 sections worth points; Worse to better  
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Agraphia   Inability to write; usually coupled with aphasia  
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Alexia   Inability to see words or write  
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Agnosia   Inability to interpret info  
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Anosognosia   Unawareness of illness  
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Hypermetria   Cerebellar damage; extremity movement beyond intended position  
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Hyperreflexia   Over active or over responsive reflex  
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Paraphasia   Words are jumbled and sentences are meaningless  
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Areflexia   Absence of reflexes  
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Hyperplasia   Enlargement of an organ, often as initial stages of cancer  
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Arterial Line is Used to   Measure BP  
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