MEDICINE MCQ
NEUROLOGY
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Question
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Decerebrate posturing is where the arms make a ____ shape
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Injury or swelling of a part of the brain, spinal cord, or nervous system is the most common cause of abnormal posturing. The type of posturing depends on the type and area of the nervous system involved.
Detailed explanation-2: -Decerebration is the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem. As a result, the animal loses certain reflexes that are integrated in different parts of the brain.
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