When the nurse observes that the patient has extension and
external rotation of the arms and wrists and extension, plantar
flexion, and internal rotation of the feet, she records the patient’s
posturing as
a) decerebrate.
Decerebrate posturing is the result of lesions at the midbrain and is
more ominous than decorticate posturing.
b) normal.
The described posturing results from cerebral trauma and is not
normal.
c) flaccid.
The patient has no motor function, is limp, and lacks motor tone with
flaccid posturing.
d) decorticate.
In decorticate posturing, the patient has flexion and internal rotation
of the arms and wrists and extension, internal rotation, and plantar
flexion of the feet.
external rotation of the arms and wrists and extension, plantar
flexion, and internal rotation of the feet, she records the patient’s
posturing as
a) decerebrate.
Decerebrate posturing is the result of lesions at the midbrain and is
more ominous than decorticate posturing.
b) normal.
The described posturing results from cerebral trauma and is not
normal.
c) flaccid.
The patient has no motor function, is limp, and lacks motor tone with
flaccid posturing.
d) decorticate.
In decorticate posturing, the patient has flexion and internal rotation
of the arms and wrists and extension, internal rotation, and plantar
flexion of the feet.