contralateral - DocNeuro https://docneuro.com/tag/contralateral/ Up-to-date concepts in neurology Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:41:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Contralateral definition https://docneuro.com/contralateral-definition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contralateral-definition Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:41:04 +0000 https://docneuro.jz7sunfr-liquidwebsites.com/contralateral-definition/ Contralateral: adjective; on the opposite side of. Used in descriptions of how two anatomical or pathological structures are related. Examples: 1. “a lesion of the motor cortex produces contralateral weakness” means that an injury to the part of the cerebral cortex that controls movement produces weakness in the muscles of the body on the opposite side of the injury (eg. injury […]

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]]> Ipsilateral definition https://docneuro.com/ipsilateral-definition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipsilateral-definition Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:35:59 +0000 https://docneuro.jz7sunfr-liquidwebsites.com/ipsilateral-definition/ Ipsilateral: adjective; on the same side of. Used in descriptions of how two anatomical or pathological structures are related. Examples: 1. “a lesion of the facial nerve produces ipsilateral facial weakness” means that an injury to the facial nerve produces weakness in the muscles of the face on the same side as the injury. 2. “the dorsal columns carry […]

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