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If decorticate posturing is present the lesion is?
Anatomic location of the lesion would be below the cortex, in the white matter or the cerebral hemispheres or upper part of the brain stem.
Which is worse-decorticate or decerebate posturing?
Decerebrate posturing is worse. Both are primitive behavior responses to brain injury. In Decorticate posturing, the hands or arms are posturing towards the spine (inward), which is a primitive protective response. In Decerebrate posturing the hands are directed away from the body or spine, which is no attempt to guard the body at all. Usually Decerebrate posturing indicates more extensive brain damage.
When the extremities are stiff and rigid what kind of posturing is it?
Rigor mortis is dead stiff body, not really called posturing.
What does posturing mean in schizophrenia?
Standing
What is attitudinizing?
Attitudinizing is a show of excessive posturing.
What does force posturing consist of at the MAJCOM level?
All of the above
What is an attitudinizer?
An attitudinizer is a person who puts on a show of excessive posturing.
What is an attitudinarian?
An attitudinarian is a person who puts on a show of excessive posturing.
What are the release dates for Fashion House - 2006 Political Posturing 1-18?
Fashion House - 2006 Political Posturing 1-18 was released on: USA: 25 September 2006
How many categories of cerebral hypoxia are there?
There are four categories of cerebral hypoxia; in order of severity they are: diffuse cerebral hypoxia (DCH), focal cerebral ischemia, cerebral infarction, and global cerebral ischemia.
What is the difference between decerebrate and decorticate posturing?
In decerebrate posturing (extensor) rigidity, all four limbs are extended and the hands are pronated. In decorticate (flexor) rigidity, the arms, wrists, and fingers are flexed.
Decerebrate and decorticate posturing is an indication of?
brain and spinal cord injury
