| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Delirium | diffuse cognitive dysfunction with impaired alertness, and is associated with almost any disease that can affect the brain diffusely |
| frontal lobe disinhibited | level of alertness |
| dorsolateral prefrontal functioning | impared executive function |
| endomorphic | chubby, high fat to muscle ratio |
| ectomorphic | thin and lanky build |
| mesomorphic | high muscle to fat ratio |
| dysplastic | body parts that are disproportinate in size or shape |
| akathisia | inner restlessness with similar motor behavior as in agitation |
| tardive akathisia | a type of akathisia that occurs once drug adminstration has ceased |
| tardive dyskinesia | choreoathetosis associated with the use of antipsychotic agents |
| can state the cause of their agitation | the difference between an agitated person and somene who is akathisic |
| tremor | relatively rhymic involuntary movment (usually in upper extremities) |
| choreoathetoid movements | non-rhythmic, non symmetric jerky or writhing involuntary movements that seem to migrate throughout body |
| choreiform | jerky movements |
| athetoid | writhing |
| tic | jerky non rhytmic repetitive non-wandering movements of one or a few muscle gorups |
| pill-rolling | __ tremor is an involuntary rhytmic apposition of the thumb and forefinger, usually bilaterally, seen in parkinson's |
| postural | ___ tremor is a wormlike involuntary movement most prominent when anti-gravity muscles are most active (i.e. extending arms) |
| intention | ____ tremors occur when a patient's efforts to touch the examiner's finger becomes progressively worse as the action nears its target |
| asterixis | flapping tremor, test by extending the patient's hand at their wrist, the pt will reflexively and rhythmically flex and extend their hand against yours |
| wing-beating | ___ tremor is a course rhythmic shoulder tremor as if one were trying to fly, occurs in wilson't disease |
| apraxia/dyspraxia | inability to perform simple motor tasks despite adequate motor and sensory function |
| apraxia | dyspraxia aka __ |
| constructional | ___ dyspraxia is the inability to copy the outline of a simple geometric shape, associated with disease of the non-dominant parietal lobe or corpus callosum |
| ideokinetic | ___ dyspraxia is the inability to pantomime a common action, typical error is to use one's hand as the object |
| kinesthetic | ____ dyspraxia inability to mimic with their finger, hand or write positions. occurs with parietal lob contralateral to the extremity you are testing |
| dressing | ___ dyspraxia is the inability to dress oneself, associated with non dominant parietal lobe disease |
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