Neuro Vocab

loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions

loss of ability to express thoughts in writing

loss of memory

loss of pain sensation

loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs or of comprehension of spoken or written language

loss of ability to perform purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor damage, e.g.: inability to use objects correctly

inability to perform coordinated movements

bizarre, slow,twisting, writhing movements resembling a snake or worm

sudden rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk, or face

rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of a muscle in response to sudden stretch

state of profound unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused

arms stuffly extended, adducted, internally rotated' legs stiffly extended, plantar flexed

arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed' legs extended, internally rotated, plantar flexed

imperfect articulation of speech due to problems of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage

impairmebt in speech consisting in lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order

disappearance of conditioned response

rapid continuous twitching of resting muscle without movement fo limb

loss of muscle tone, limp

ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin

loss of motot power (paralysis) on one ide of the body, usually caused by a cerebrovascular accident' paralysis occurs on the side opposite of lesion

motor neuron in the peripheral nervous system with its nerve fiber extending out to the muscle and only its cell body in the central nervous system

rapid sudden jerk of muscle

sitffnes in cervial neck

back and forth oscillation of the eyes

prolonged arching of back, with head and heals bent backward and meningeal irritation

decreased or loss of motor function due to problem with motor nerve or muscle fibers

impairment or loss of motor function due to problem with motor/sensory function in the lower hapf of the body

abnormal sensation; tingling, burning, numbness, prickling, crawling

ability of the person to discriminate exactly where onthe body the skin has been touched

sensory information concerning body movements and position of the body in space

continous resistance to strectching by a muscle due to abnormally increased tension, with increased deep tendon reflexes

ability to recognize objects by feeling their forms, sizes and weights while the eyes are closed

repetitive twitching of a muscle group at inappropriate times; a wink, grimace

involuntary contraction of opposing muscle groups resulting in ryhthmic movemenbt of one or more joints

ability to distinguish the separation of two simultaneous pinpricks on the skin

nerve located entrirely whithin the central nervous system