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brachial paralysis — brachial plexus paralysis paralysis of an upper limb from a lesion of the brachial plexus; see lower and upper brachial plexus p … Medical dictionary
Erb-Duchenne paralysis — upper brachial plexus paralysis caused by birth injury; called also Erb or Erb Duchenne palsy; Duchenne, Duchenne Erb, or Erb p.; and Duchenne Erb syndrome. Erb Duchenne paralysis caused by traction injury to C5–C7 spinal cord segments, with… … Medical dictionary
Paralysis — Loss of voluntary movement (motor function). Paralysis that affects only one muscle or limb is partial paralysis, also known as palsy; paralysis of all muscles is total paralysis, as may occur in cases of botulism. * * * 1. Loss of power of… … Medical dictionary
Klumpke paralysis — Klumpke s paralysis Classification and external resources Brachial plexus. Klumpke paralysis primarily affects C8 and T1. ICD 10 P … Wikipedia
Klumpke's paralysis — Klump·ke s paralysis klümp kēz n atrophic paralysis of the forearm and the hand due to injury to the eighth cervical and first thoracic nerves Dé·jé·rine Klump·ke dā zhā rēn klüm kē Augusta (1859 1927) French neurologist. Déjérine Klumpke was a… … Medical dictionary
Klumpke's paralysis — a partial paralysis of the arm caused by injury to a baby s brachial plexus during birth. This may result from an obstetric manoeuvre in which the arm is raised at the shoulder to an extreme degree, which damages the lower cervical (neck) and… … The new mediacal dictionary
rucksack paralysis — a disorder of motor and sensory function of the upper limbs as a result of damage to the brachial plexus caused by the wearing of a backpack (rucksack) … Medical dictionary
Palsy — Paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement (motor function). For example, Bell’s palsy is localized paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face. The word “palsy” is a corruption (and… … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
