Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Atrophy of sternomastoid muscles | AIPGDEE Guide

Atrophy of sternomastoid muscles is found in :

a. Myasthenia gravis 
b. Huntington’s chorea
c. Myotonic dystrophy 
d. Duchenne’s dystrophy


Ans. C: In myotoic dystrophy there is persistence of contraction of muscle and the patient is unable to relax his muscles after contraction.  The muscle become weak and wasting of muscles occur.  Mostly muscle of head and neck are involved.

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