A TERM PAPER ON

EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION

OF GAIT FROM NEANDERTHAL TO THE
MODERN HUMAN AND ACROSS LIFE
SPAN

ANA 801 (Advanced topics in Gross

Anatomy)

BY

KEHINDE, Kolawole Adesina

Department of Human Anatomy
College of Medicine and Heath Sciences
Afe Babalola University
April, 2021.

ATAXIA: Loss of control of body movements, it may affect the both legs, trunk, one side of the
body or a limb. We need to consider problems that affect the
Vestibular system; problem with this vestibular system cause disequilibrium and unsteadiness,
if the problem is unilateral the patient develop profound vertigo with associated nausea and
vomitting. If it is drugs and alcohol are the common cause of these types of ataxia.

Cerebellum; like the cerebrum organized in a somatropic distribution with the trunk controlled
centrally and the limbs more laterally. The midline structure is the vermis, lesion affecting the
area just lateral to or including the vermis result in Truncal or Gait ataxia (the patiens have a
wide base and appear drunk). Lesions affecting the cerebellar hemispheres result in problem
with voluntary limb movement, this is referred to as appendicular ataxia (finger nose testing
and rapid alternating movement are observations of these difficulties, they have problems
judging distances known as Dysmetria and are unable to maintain the rythmm or amplitude of
their movemets known as Dysdiadochokinesia.

Proprioceptive pathway