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Tonic convulsion
Convulsion in which the contractions are maintained for a time, as in tetany.
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Puerperal convulsion
Spontaneous paroxysmal muscular contractions and relaxation in the postpartum woman.
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Clonic convulsion
A convulsion with intermittent contractions, the muscles being alternately contracted and relaxed. Within the realm of neurological disturbances, clonic convulsions emerge as a manifestation of seizure activity characterized by uncontrollable and spasmodic jerking motions of the limbs and body. These convulsive episodes, akin to clonus, often manifest as a telltale sign of specific forms of…
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Supramarginal convolution
A cerebral convolution on the lateral surface of the parietal lobe above the posterior part of the sylvian fissure.
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Posterior orbital convolution
A small convolution on the posterior and outer side of the orbital sulcus and continuous with the inferior frontal convolution.
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Parietal convolution
Any of the folds of the parietal lobe; the largest are the postcentral, superior, supramarginal, and angular.
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Orbital convolution
One of the small gyri on the orbital surface of the frontal lobe.
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Occipitotemporal convolution
One of two small convolutions on the lower surface of the temporal lobe.
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Marginal convolution
The fold on the medial surface of the frontal lobe, adjacent to the longitudinal fissure.
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Dentate convolution
A small, notched gyrus, rudimentary in humans, situated in the dentate fissure.
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