decorticate rigidity

decorticate rigidity: an abnormal body posture indicative of a lesion in the cerebral hemispheres or disruption of the corticospinal tracts; the patient has bilateral adduction of the shoulders, pronation and flexion of the elbows and wrists, and extension, internal rotation, and plantar flexion of the lower limbs. Called also decorticate or flexor posturing.

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rigidity — 1. Stiffness or inflexibility. SYN: rigor (1). 2. In psychiatry and clinical psychology, an aspect of personality characterized by an individual s resistance to change. 3. In neurology, one type of increase in … Medical dictionary
decorticate posturing — see under rigidity … Medical dictionary
decerebrate rigidity — an abnormal body posture produced by decerebration. In experimental animals it is marked by rigid extension of the lower limbs (hindlimbs in a quadruped). In humans it is manifested by the person lying in rigid extension with the upper limbs… … Medical dictionary
flexor posturing — decorticate rigidity … Medical dictionary
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Decerebration — For decerebrate response, see abnormal posturing. Decerebration is the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem. Decerebration… … Wikipedia
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