NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
Question
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Large-amplitude sudden, violent, flailing motions of the arm and leg of one side of the body
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Hemiballismus
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Tremor
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Chorea
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Akinesia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hemiballismus is usually caused by a stroke that affects a small area just below the basal ganglia called the subthalamic nucleus. The subthalamic nucleus helps control voluntary movements.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hemiballismus usually involves an arm or a leg, is proximal in most cases, and can have facial involvement in approximately half of the patient cases [3]. Another hyperkinetic movement disorder confined to one side of the body is hemichorea. It is an involuntary, occasional, rapid, non-patterned series of movements.
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