Questions and CORRECT Answers
sensory impairment after ABI can lead to: - CORRECT ANSWER - risk for injury
slower motor recovery
impaired motor control, incl grading force production and difficulty with fine motor tasks
Longer hospital stay
less I in functional tasks
paresthesia - CORRECT ANSWER - tingling, prickling, or electric sensation
hyperalgesia - CORRECT ANSWER - increased pain
dysethesia - CORRECT ANSWER - unpleasant sensation
allodynia - CORRECT ANSWER - pain in response to a stimulus taht is not typically painful
hyperesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER - heightened sensitivity tot actile stimuli
PCML ascending pathway - CORRECT ANSWER - light touch, proprioception
spinothalamic tract (anterolateral) ascending pathway - CORRECT ANSWER - pain and temp
postcentral gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER - DRG>tract>VPL/VPM of thalamus> internal
capsule> parietal lobe
primary somatosensory S1 - CORRECT ANSWER - postcentral gyrus, parietal "I feel
something"
, somatosensory association cortex - CORRECT ANSWER - interpretation of
somatosensations: "it is my pen"
posterior cerebral artery PCA and posterior communicating artery - CORRECT ANSWER -
supply thalamus
middle cerebral artery MCA - CORRECT ANSWER - supplies anterior parietal lobe
protective sensation - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to appreciate painful stimuli
(spinothalamic)- older, designed for survival, helps escape threats
protective sensations - CORRECT ANSWER - pinprick (sharp)
temp (hot/cold)
deep pressure
touch and proprioception sensation PCML - CORRECT ANSWER - touch awareness (light
touch)
localization of touch (light touch w/identification of where)
2-point discrimination
proprioception
kinesthesia- moving or not?
stereognosis (unimodal association cortex)
most likely to be affected in CVA - CORRECT ANSWER - touch, proprioception
dminished or lost protective sensation (pinprick, temp, deep pressure) - CORRECT
ANSWER - compensate to prevent injury