Spinal Cord Syndromes and Sensory Mapping
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What does a hemisensory loss pattern suggest?

  • A spinal cord lesion
  • Diabetic polyneuropathy
  • Peripheral nerve damage
  • A lesion in the ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere (correct)
  • What does a sensory level suggest?

  • Lesion in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere
  • Spinal cord lesion (correct)
  • Diabetic polyneuropathy
  • Peripheral nerve damage
  • What does symmetric distal sensory loss suggest?

  • Lesion in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere
  • Peripheral nerve damage
  • Diabetic polyneuropathy (correct)
  • Spinal cord lesion
  • What is the term for decreased sensitivity to pain?

    <p>Hypalgesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is anesthesia?

    <p>Absence of touch sensation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which condition is associated with the loss of vibration sense?

    <p>Tabes dorsalis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does stereognosis refer to?

    <p>Inability to recognize objects placed in the hand</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nerve innervates the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh?

    <p>Superficial peroneal nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What increases the likelihood of peripheral neuropathy 16-fold?

    <p>Loss of vibration sense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which disease is associated with loss of position sense?

    <p>Tabes dorsalis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What indicates a lesion in the sensory cortex?

    <p>Decreased or absent discriminatory sensation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nerve innervates the anterior femoral cutaneous nerve?

    <p>Superficial peroneal nerve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do lesions of the sensory cortex impair?

    <p>The ability to localize points accurately</p> Signup and view all the answers

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