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NURS202 Final Pt1

Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
miosis/miotics constriction drugs that make the pupil contract
mydriasis/mydriatics dilation drugs that make the pupil dilate
agnosia inability to interpret or recognize familiar/common objects through senses
visual agnosia see a pencil but can't recall it's a pencil occipital lobe injury
auditory agnosia hear a bell but can't tell you what it is temporal lobe injury (lateral and superior portion)
tactile agnosia inability to recognize objects by touch, injury to parietal lobe
diplopia double vision; seeing one object as two
aphasia deficiency in language function
expressive aphasia can understand written and spoken but cannot speak or has hard time finding the words injury to frontal cerebral area
receptive aphasia unable to understand spoken or written word; can speak but may not make sense or be incomprehensible injury to temporal lobe "Wernicke's aphasia"
mixed aphasia both expressive and receptive; global aphasia
homonymous hemianopsia loss of vision of the right or left halves of the visual field of both eyes. Also called lateral hemianopsia.
dysarthia imperfect articulation of speech due to paralysis of the speech muscles (CN V)
cycloplegia/cycloplegics paralysis of accommodation drugs that paralyze the ciliary body and have mydriatic properties
myopia nearsightedness
hyperopia farsightedness
dysphagia difficulty swallowing
presbycusis age related hearing loss
legal blindness vision = or < 20/200 with corrective would need to stand 20ft away from something to see same thing that someone with normal vision could see from 200ft away
disuse syndrome The state in which a person is experiencing or at risk for deterioration of body systems or altered functioning as the result of prescribed or unavoidable musculoskeletal inactivity
glaucoma loss of vision due to increased IOP
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