CNS Anatomy
This afferent tract carries information about pain and temperature from the periphery.
What is the ant/lat spinothalamic tract?
This subsection of the autonomic nervous system helps to increase HR and the force of contraction in an emergency.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
These are the four stages of motor control in the order of development.
What are mobility, stability, controlled mobility, and skill?
This syndrome causes intolerable burning sensation.
What is Thalamic Pain Syndrome?
A patient in Brunnstrom stage 3 should have their scapula placed in this position when lying in supine.
What is protraction?
When this hemisphere is damaged, the person has difficulty planning and sequencing tasks.
What is the left hemisphere?
These 2 muscle groups are tested to assess the integrity of the C8 myotome.
What are finger abductors and ulnar deviators?
This feedback loop occurs with fast, discrete tasks.
What is open-loop feedback?
This describes the inability to plan, sequence, and execute purposeful movements although no strength impairments are present.
Ideational Apraxia
This spasticity medication can cause dependence over time.
What is Valium/Klonopin?
This area of the brain is responsible for regulating posture and muscle tone in conjunction with the cerebellum.
What is the basal ganglia?
This cranial nerve (name and number) is responsibility for the sensation to the face.
Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)
This area of the brain controls postural tonic reflexes.
What is the brainstem?
A CVA in this artery can cause Locked-In Syndrome.
What is the vertebrobasilar artery?
A treatment of Pusher Syndrome from a right hemisphere CVA includes reaching to this side of the body.
What is the right side?
This neurotransmitter is considered the major inhibitory chemical in the nervous system.
What is GABA?
What are C5 and C6?
This Fitt's stage of motor learning occurs when the person can multi-task while performing the skill.
What is the autonomous stage?
This type of CVA will cause lower extremity strength and sensory loss, incontinence, and Broca's aphasia.
What is an Anterior Cerebral Artery CVA?
This is a patient driven movement that is contraindicated for a flaccid limb.
What are overhead pullies?
When this area of the brain is damaged, the person will have difficulty controlling fear and pleasure, processing social interactions, and forming emotional memories.
What is the amygdala?
These are the four signs of a lower motor neuron injury.
What are flaccidity, fasciculations, muscle atrophy, and hyporeflexia?
This principle of neuroplasticity states that training of one task may positively affect another similar task.
What is transference?
This is the name of the condition that causes loss of vision in the temporal half of one visual field and the nasal half of the other visual field.
What is homonymous hemianopia?
Increased tone in these muscles will most likely create difficulty achieving adequate knee ROM in initial swing.