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chapter 2 CP
occupational therapy
Question | Answer |
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Hypertonicity | Spasticity |
Primitive reflex | Innate primary reactions found in newborns and indicative of brain injury if present beyond their usual time of disappearance |
Hemiplegia | Paralysis of one side of the body |
Gastroesophageal reflux | GERD |
Nystagmus | Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic, movement of the eyeball |
Homonymous Hemianopsia | Loss of one half of the visual field, on the same side, in both eyes |
Ataxia | Inability to coordinate muscle activity during voluntary movement |
Athetoid | Repetitive, involuntary, slow, sinuous, writing movement |
Clonus | Alternate involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation in rapid succession |
Contracture | Abnormal shortening of muscle tissue that renders the muscle highly resistant to stretching |
Graphesthesia | The ability by which outlines, numbers, words, or symbols traced or written on the skin is recognized. |
Hyperreflexia | Elevated reflex response |
Hypotonicity | Reduced tone |
Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four limbs |
Strabismus | Deviation of the eye |
Stretch reflex | Reflex contraction of a muscle in response to passive longitudinal stretching |
Topagnosia | Loss of ability to localize site of tactile stimulation |
Asterognosis | Inability to recognize objects by touch |
Dysarthia | Imperfect articulation of speech |