KROK 1 2021 – Question 101 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
During examination of a man, who was in a car accident, the neurologist has detected dysmetria. This sign is characterized by:
- A. Speech disorder
- B. Inability to conduct a finger-to-nose test with eyes closed
- C. Impaired muscle tone
- D. Disappearance of co-contraction ability of antagonist muscles
- E. Muscle tremors when performing voluntary movements
Hint
Dysmetria is a cerebellar disorder of the accuracy of voluntary movements; think which bedside coordination test would expose it, and what changes when visual control is removed.
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