Term
| Agnosia [inability to recognize sight, sound or words] |
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Definition
| Stroke, dementia or severe head injury |
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Term
| Anosmia [loss of the sense of smell] |
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Definition
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Term
| Absent corneal reflex [no blink to puff of air on eye] |
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Definition
| CN V [afferent] or VII [efferent] damage |
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Term
| Absent uvular reflex [no gag reflex] |
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Definition
| CN IX [afferent] or CN X [efferent] defect |
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Term
| Anascoria [unequal pupil size] |
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Definition
| CN III, sympathetic or parasympathetic |
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Term
| Aphasia [unable to express oneself with words] |
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Definition
| Damage to Broca’s speech area |
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Term
| Asthenocoria [sluggish papillary light reflex-Arroyo’s sign] |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Cerebellar, vestibular/dorsal column damage |
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Term
| Athetosis [slow snake-like movements] |
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Definition
| Damage to the putamen in the basal ganglia |
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Term
| Babinski sign present [up-going plantar response] |
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Definition
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Term
| Bielschowsky’s sign [head tilt to unaffected side] |
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Definition
| CN IV palsy [superior oblique muscle] |
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Term
| Bitemporal hemianopia [both temporal halves blind] |
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Definition
| CN II damage at optic chiasm-pituitary tumor |
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Term
| Cape-like loss of pain and temperature sensation |
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Definition
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Term
| Chorea [quick jerky involuntary movements] |
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Definition
| Huntington’s disease, Rheumatic fever |
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Term
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Definition
| Ulnar nerve damage or Klumpke’s palsy |
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Term
| Clumsiness in fingers [can’t button a shirt] |
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Definition
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Term
| Cushing’s triad [High BP, low pulse, irregular respiration] |
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Definition
| Raised intracranial pressure |
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Term
| Dysarthria and disequilibrium [ataxia] |
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Definition
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Term
| Dysarthria [problem saying KaLaMity properly] |
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Definition
| K [CN X], L [CN XII] and M [CN V] |
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Term
| Flexion of thumb after flicking middle finger [Homan+] |
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Definition
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Term
| Erb’s palsy [extended elbow, pronated forearm] |
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Definition
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Term
| Flexion of thumb after flicking middle finger [Homan+] |
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Definition
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Term
| Foot drop [unable to dorsiflex the foot] |
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Definition
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Term
| Froment’s sign [pinch with finger tips rather than pulps] |
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Definition
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Term
| Homonymous hemianopia [same halves on both sides] |
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Definition
| Damage to optic radiation |
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Term
| Homonymous hemianopia + macular sparing |
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Definition
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Term
| Hyperacusis with ipsilateral facial weakness |
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Definition
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Term
| Hyperreflexia, clonus and spasticity |
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Definition
| Upper motor neuron lesion |
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Term
| Hyporeflexia, flaccidity and atrophy |
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Definition
| Lower motor neuron lesion |
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Term
| Klumpke’s paralysis [claw hand in infant] |
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Definition
| C8 and T1 damage during delivery |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Loss of cremaster reflex [no testis rise with thigh stroke] |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| CN IX [afferent] or CN X [efferent] damage |
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Term
| Loss of stereognosis [recognize objects by feeling] |
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Definition
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Term
| Kernig or Brudzinski sign |
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Definition
| Meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage |
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Term
| Mittelmeyer test [march on the spot with eyes closed |
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Definition
| Vestibular nerve damage [side turned to] |
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Term
| Pill-rolling [resting] tremor |
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Definition
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Term
| Rigidity-decerebrate [upper limbs in extension] |
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Definition
| Brainstem lesion below the red nucleus |
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Term
| Rigidity-decorticate [upper limbs in flexion] |
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Definition
| Brainstem lesion above the red nucleus |
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Term
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Definition
| Upper motor neuron lesion |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Scanning speech, Intention tremor Nystagmus, |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Slow to relax deep tendon reflexes [Woltman sign] |
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Definition
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Term
| Titubation [nodding] not in time with the pulse |
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Definition
| Parkinson’s or cerebellar disease |
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Term
| Tongue deviates to one side |
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Definition
| CN XII palsy on same side of deviation |
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Term
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Definition
| Multiple sclerosis or cerebellar disease |
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Term
| Tremor-postural [arms are outstretched] |
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Definition
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Term
| Tremor-resting [pill rolling] |
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Definition
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Term
| LMN lesion in upper, UMN lesion in lower limbs |
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Definition
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Term
| UMN/LMN lesions in at least 3 limbs |
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Definition
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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Term
| Unilateral facial palsy, can’t to wrinkle brow |
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Definition
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Term
| Unilateral facial palsy, able to wrinkle brow |
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Definition
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Term
| Unilateral facial weakness and deafness |
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Definition
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Term
| Uvula deviates to one side |
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Definition
| CN X damage on the opposite side |
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Term
| Unable to adduct the thumb |
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Definition
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Term
| Unable to extend the thumb |
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Definition
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Term
| Unable to oppose the thumb |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Long thoracic nerve damage |
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Term
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Definition
| Radial nerve palsy, lead poisoning |
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