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| absence of pain perception |
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| in coordination, loss of the sense of motion or of the position of the body or limbs in space |
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| spasm in which rigidity and relaxation succeed one another |
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| complete unresponsiveness to repeated noxious stimulation |
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| inability to regulate the rate, range and force of movement(often cerebellar lesion) |
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| a posture in which the head is carried on an angle to the normal plane, usually a clinical sign of vestibular lesion |
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| affecting the limbs on one side of the body |
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| a state of abnormally increased sensitivity to stimuli; hypersensitivity |
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| excessive flexion of the limb during movement causing the limb to be lifted higher than normal |
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| exaggeration of the reflexes, hyperactive reflexes |
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| decreased or diminshed reflexes |
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| abnormally decreased tone or strength |
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| a form of dysmetria involving the head |
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| closure of the eyelids in response to a threatening gesture; lesions affecting the crainal nerves II and VII as well as the facial and cerebellum may result in the loss of this resonse |
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| an involuntary rhythmic movement of the eyeball which may be horizontal, vertical, rotary or mixed |
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| a form of spasm in which the head is bend backward and body bowed forwards "star-gazing" |
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| affecting the pelvic limbs |
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| complete loss of voluntary movement |
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| weakness or incomplete paralysis |
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| the constriction of both or ipsilateral and contralateral pupils when a bright light is directed at the pupil. Involves cranial nerve II and cranial nerve III |
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| a brain disorder expressed as a paroxysmal cerebral dysrhythmia, a paroxysmal disturbance of brain function that has a sudden onset, ceases spontaneously and has a tendency to recur. Phenomena observed in a seizure include: loss or drangement of consciousness, excessive or decreased voluntary muscle tone or movement, visceral muscle activity and altered behaviour |
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| greater than normal muscle tone |
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| breif period of unconscioussness caused by reversible disturbances in cerebral function usually due to decrease in cerebral blood flow |
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| affecting both the oelvic and thoracic limbs |
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