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| Cervicothoracic Intumescence |
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| Normal-Exagg reflex, Norm-Inc tone, Spastic, Crossed Extensor reflex |
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| Weak-absent reflexes, Dec Tone, Rapid developed atrophy |
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| The Schiff-Sherrington Posture is due to a lesion in which area? |
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| Scuffing of paws tells you there is loss of: |
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| Proprioception ( it's ataxic) |
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| These cells in the lumbar spine have ascending fibers that inhibit LMN of thoracic extensors and are responsible for the Schiff-Sherringon posture |
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| Spinal segments that are responsible for Sciatic nerve and therefore the pelvic withdrawal (flexor) reflex |
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| When doing a flexor ( withdrawal) reflex, how can I tell that animal can perceive pain? |
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| Not based on reflex but rather biting/ crying/trying to escape |
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| Spinal Segments for Perineal Reflex |
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| You touch the cervical neck of a dog and it twitches its ears- what does that mean? |
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| There is some cervical neck pain |
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| Differential categories on VITAMIN D (11 total) |
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| Vascular, Infectious/Inflamm, Traumatic/Toxic, Anomalous, Metabolic, Idiopathic, Nutritional/Neoplastic, Degenerative |
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| The Neuro exam answer three basic Questions: |
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| 1. Is there a neuro problem? 2. |
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| Paraplegic dog with increased extensor tone of thoracic limbs. Happens in acute severe situations |
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| If you dont support an animal when checking proprioception, what system will you activate to interfere with your test? |
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| Hopping test is good for two reasons |
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| Pick out subtleties that are compensated for when on all fours, and pick out left versus right |
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| What two postural reactions are the ones he always does before others ( usually) |
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| Hopping, Proprioceptive Positioning |
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| What postural reaction is good for small dogs and cats |
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| Be Careful doing a placing reaction with little dogs who are used to be carried around... why? |
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| they may not wanna place their paws down b/c used to being held |
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| which segment does not have a disk |
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| The intercapital ligament is present in these spinal segments and prevents disk protrusion in this area |
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| What kind of disk degeneration do chondrodystrophic breeds get? |
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| Descending-Ascending myelomalacia can happen after a spinal cord injury especially if have lost: |
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| Which is more painful: thoracic or cervical IV disk disease? |
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| Cervical- it's VERY painful |
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| Why might dogs be lame in thoracic limb when have IV disk problem at C3 |
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| because of pressure on root providing limb "root signature" |
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| Segments affected for degenerative lumbosacral stenosis |
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