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crobinson2013

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What term is used when a patient remains in a deep sleep, responsive only to vigorous and repeated stimulation?
 
  a. Coma
  b. Stupor
  c. Obtundation
  d. Persistent vegetative state

Question 2

What are quick, jerky, grossly uncoordinated, irregular movements that may disappear on relaxation called?
 
  a. Twitching
  b. Spasticity
  c. Choreiform movements
  d. Associated movements


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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Stupor exists when the child remains in a deep sleep, responsive only to vigorous and repeated stimulation. Coma is the state in which no motor or verbal response occurs to noxious (painful) stimuli. Obtundation describes a level of consciousness in which the child is arousable with stimulation. Persistent vegetative state describes the permanent loss of function of the cerebral cortex

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Quick, jerky, grossly uncoordinated, irregular movements that may disappear on relaxation are called choreiform movements. Twitching is defined as spasmodic movements of short duration. Spasticity is the prolonged and steady contraction of a muscle characterized by clonus (alternating relaxation and contraction of the muscle) and exaggerated reflexes. Associated movements are the voluntary movement of one muscle accompanied by the involuntary movement of another muscle.


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