mock test

Question 1

symptoms from a lesion of the corticospinal tract on the right side of the brainstem?

Answer 1

spastic paralysis on the left side of the body

Question 2

lesion in the brainstem affects

Answer 2

opposite side

Question 3

lesion in the upper most neurons = flaccid/spastic

Answer 3

spastic paralysis

Question 4

muscle rigidity might best be described as a symptom of lesion in/dysfunction with the basal ganglia/cerebellar pathways affecting the opposite side of the body. Without UMN input, ie spastic paralysis, one might still expect muscle rigidity due to the overexcited flexor/extensor reflexes.

Answer 4

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