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NPTE Neuromuscular

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Myotatic reflex stimulus   show
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show Afferent Ia from muscle spindle to alpha MN and back to muscle  
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show maintenance of muscle tone, support agonsist muscle contraction, provide feedback about muscle length  
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show DTR  
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Via an inhibitory IN the myotatic reflex inhibits the antagonist   show
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show facilitation  
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Inverse myotatic reflex stimulus   show
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show Afferent Ib from GTO via inhibitory IN to muscle  
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Function of inverse myotatic reflex arc   show
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show Gamma reflex loop  
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show excite gamma MN causing muscle spindle contraction then increased stretch sensitivity and increased firing from spindle afferents then conveyed to alpha MNs  
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show cutaneous sensory stimuli  
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show cutaneous receptors via Ins to flexor muscles  
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Flexor withdrawal reflex arc function   show
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show noxious stimuli – Flexors excited with extensor inhibition, opposite on CL side  
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Crossed extension reflex function   show
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3 elements of Glasgow Coma Scale   show
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Scoring of GCS   show
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State defined by no eye opening even to pain, failure to obey commands, inability to speak   show
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Return of sleep/wake cycles, normalization of basic functions, lack of cognitive responsiveness   show
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Central language DO with speech is awkward, restricted, interrupted, produced with effort   show
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show L hemisphere – Broca’s area  
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Impairment of volitional articulatory control 2/2 cortical dominant hemisphere lesion   show
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Impairment of speech production   show
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Central language DO where spontaneous speech preserved/smooth while auditory comprehension impaired   show
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show Posterior frist temporal gyrus of L hemisphere (Wernicke’s area)  
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Severe aphasia with impairments in comprehension & production of language   show
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Periods of apnea followed by gradually increasing depth/frequency of respirations   show
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Cheyne Stokes caused by   show
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Increased rate and depth of respirations   show
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Hyperventilation can be caused by dysfunction of   show
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show Apneustic breathing  
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Apneustic breathing is result of damage to   show
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Elevation of temperature may be damage to   show
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Signs of meningeal irritation   show
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Kernig’s sign   show
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Brudzinski’s sign   show
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show restless, confused, decr LOC, incr BP, widening pulse P & slowed pulse, Cheyne-Stokes, elevated temp, HA, vomiting, unequal pupils, slowed PLRs, dilated pupils*, papilledema, weakness, hemiplegia, Babinski, decorticate or decerebrate rigidity, seizures  
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show test for ability to perceive joint position at rest in response to passive positioning  
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Kinesthesia   show
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Pallesthesia   show
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Combined cortical sensation testing   show
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Stereognosis   show
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show ability to recognize one or two blunt points applied to skin simultaneously  
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Barognosis   show
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Graphesthesia   show
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show loss of half of visual field in each eye contralateral to side of cerebral hemisphere lesion  
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Somatognosia   show
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Unilateral neglect   show
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Anosognosia   show
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show spatial relations syndrome with lack of ability to pick out object  
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Form constancy   show
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show pt duplicates a pattern of 2-3 blocks  
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Topographical disorientation   show
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show inability to accurately determine what is upright  
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Agnosia   show
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show inability to perform voluntary learned movements in the absence of loss of sensation , strength, coordination, attention, or comprehension. Breakdown in conceptual or motor production system or both  
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Ideomotor apraxia   show
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show cannot perform the task at all, either on command or independently  
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show marked resistance to PROM suddenly gives way  
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show maintained stretch stimulus produces cyclical spasmodic contraction, usu plantar flexors or wrist flexors  
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Babinski   show
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show corticospinal (pyramidal) tract disruption  
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Hyperreflexia   show
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Lead pipe Rigidity   show
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show interrupted by series of jerks  
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Decerebrate posturing   show
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show UEs in flexion, LEs in extension, seen in brainstem lesions above superior colliculus  
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show arching back of head back and heels with UEs rigidly flexed. Seen in severe meningitis, tetanus, epilepsy, strychnine poisoning  
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show Normal is PF of toes in response to stroking lateral sole of foot from calcaneus to 5th met, S1-2, tibial nerve  
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show T6-L1, lateral to medial scratching of skin to umbilicus in each of 4 quadrants should cause deviation of umbilicus to stimulus  
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Cremasteric reflex   show
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Sources of fatigue   show
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CNS/Central fatigue   show
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Neural/myoneural junction fatigue   show
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Muscle contractile failure fatigue   show
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Extrapyramidal disorders (basal ganglia dysfunction)   show
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Tics   show
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show relatively quick twitches or dancing movments  
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Athetosis   show
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Tremor   show
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Myoclonus   show
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Cerebellar disorders cause   show
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show seizures, tonic/clonic convulsive mvmts  
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show impaired ability to associate muscles together for complex mvmt  
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show impaired ability to judge distance or range of movement  
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Dysdiadochokinesia   show
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