NURS 203 Study Guide - Final Guide: Varicose Veins, Venous Stasis, Nipple Discharge
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Dilated pupil, ptosis, eye turns out and slightly down. Failure to move laterally, diploplia on lateral gaze. Decrease or loss of hearing inflammation, occlusion, otosclerosis, etc. Absence of movement of sternomastoid or trapezius muscles. Decreased muscle tone lower motor neuron injury. Increased tone upper motor neuron injury to corticospinal motor tract, cva. Constant state of resistance injury to ept. Trauma, spinal cord injury, cva, ms, diabetic neuropathy, etc. Rapid, continuous twitching of resting muscle or part of muscle w/o movement of limb, that can be seen or palpated not significant. Rapid, sudden jerk or a short series of jerks at fairly regular intervals normal when falling asleep or with grand mal seizures. Spastic hemiparesis, cerebellar ataxia, parkinsonian, scissors, steppage or footdrop, waddling, short leg (p. 707) In muscles that correspond to distribution of damage in pyramidal tract lesion; usually in hand grip, arm extensors, leg flexors. In specific muscles served by damaged spinal segment, ventral root, or peripheral nerve.
