KROK 1 2007 – Question 182 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
An experimental rat with extremity paralysis has no tendon and cutaneous reflexes, muscle tone is decreased, but muscles of the affected extremity maintain their ability to react with excitation to the direct action of continuous current. What type of paralysis is it?
- A. Flaccid central
- B. Flaccid peripheral
- C. Spastic peripheral
- D. Extrapyramidal
- E. Spastic central
Hint
Absent reflexes with low tone mean the reflex arc itself is interrupted, yet the muscle still reacts to direct stimulation; ask at which level the lesion lies.
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