The Neurological System
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The Neurological System
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Romberg: The ______ Test that is used to determine balance, the person stands with eyes closed for 20 seconds with feet and arms together.
Hemiplegia: loss of motor power (paralysis) on one side of the body, usually caused by a stroke
Nystagmus: back-and-forth oscillation of the eyes
Paraplegia: impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body
Dysphasia: impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order
Clonus: is a set of short, jerking contractions of the same muscle
Atrophy: abnormally small muscle with a wasted appearance; occurs with disuse, injury, lower motor neuron disease, and muscle disease
Hypertrophy: increased size and strength; occurs with isometric exercise
Optic: cranial nerve II is the ____ nerve
Trigeminal: cranial nerve V is the ____ nerve
Facial: cranial nerve VII is the ____ nerve
Decerebrate rigidity: arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar flexed
Decorticate rigidity: arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar flexed
Stereognosis: ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes, and weights while the eyes are closed
Two point discrimination: ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin
The Neurological System
Across:3. | cranial nerve II is the ____ nerve | 5. | The ______ Test that is used to determine balance, the person stands with eyes closed for 20 seconds with feet and arms together. | 7. | abnormally small muscle with a wasted appearance; occurs with disuse, injury, lower motor neuron disease, and muscle disease | 9. | impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body | 11. | back-and-forth oscillation of the eyes | 12. | ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes, and weights while the eyes are closed | 13. | arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar flexed | 14. | arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar flexed |
| | Down:1. | cranial nerve V is the ____ nerve | 2. | increased size and strength; occurs with isometric exercise | 4. | ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin | 6. | cranial nerve VII is the ____ nerve | 8. | loss of motor power (paralysis) on one side of the body, usually caused by a stroke | 10. | impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order | 15. | is a set of short, jerking contractions of the same muscle |
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The Neurological System
Across:3. | cranial nerve II is the ____ nerve | 5. | The ______ Test that is used to determine balance, the person stands with eyes closed for 20 seconds with feet and arms together. | 7. | abnormally small muscle with a wasted appearance; occurs with disuse, injury, lower motor neuron disease, and muscle disease | 9. | impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the lower half of the body | 11. | back-and-forth oscillation of the eyes | 12. | ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes, and weights while the eyes are closed | 13. | arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs extended, internally rotated, plantar flexed | 14. | arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar flexed |
| | Down:1. | cranial nerve V is the ____ nerve | 2. | increased size and strength; occurs with isometric exercise | 4. | ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin | 6. | cranial nerve VII is the ____ nerve | 8. | loss of motor power (paralysis) on one side of the body, usually caused by a stroke | 10. | impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order | 15. | is a set of short, jerking contractions of the same muscle |
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