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CVA Vocabulary

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Speech flows smoothly but auditory comprehension is impaired   Wernickes Aphasia  
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Marked impairments of both production and comprehension of language   Global Aphasia  
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Thickening of the walls of the arteries due to plaque formation with loss of elasticity and contractility   Atherosclerosis  
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Motor speech difficulties: respiration, phonation, resonance and/or sensory feedback may be affected   Dysarthria  
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Unstable or changeable emotional state. Patient may change quickly from laughing to crying   Emotional Lability  
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Motor weakness affecting one side of the body   Hemiparesis  
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Localized abnormal dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery   Aneurysm  
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Characterized by an inability to initiate and perform purposeful movements that cannot be accounted for by decreased strength, coordination, sensation, attention deficits, tone or movement disorders, or mental or cognitive dysfunction   Apraxia  
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Penetration of food, liquid, saliva or gastric reflux into the airway   Aspiration  
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Inability to swallow or difficulty in swallowing   Dysphagia  
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Stereotyped, mass movement patterns associated with neurological deficit   Synergy  
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An associated reaction in which abduction of the normal limb produces a similar response in the affected limb   Raimiste's Phenomenon  
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Increased tone of muscle causing stiff, awkward movements. The result of an upper motor neuron lesion   Spasticity  
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Hyperactive, brisk stretch reflexes; associated with clonus, spasticity and clasp-knife phenomena, and a positive Babinski   Hyperreflexia  
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Characterized by an impairment of language comprehension, formulation and use   Aphasia  
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The inability to recognize or make sense of incoming information despite intact sensory capacities   Agnosia  
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The inability to register and to integrate stimuli and perceptions from one side of the environment (usually the left)   Unilateral neglect  
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Acute onset of neurological dysfunction due to an abnormality in cerebral circulation with signs and symptoms that correspond to involvement of focal areas of the brain   Stroke or CVA  
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Flow of speech is slow and hesitant; vocabulary is limited, and syntax is impaired; articulation may be labored   Broca's Aphasia  
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Uncoordinated movement; may influence gait, posture, and patterns of movements   Ataxia  
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Union of the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries, branches of the carotid and vertebral basilar arteries, forming an anastomosis at the base of the brain   Circle of Willis  
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Motor paralysis of of one half of the body   Hemiplegia  
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Temporary interruption of blood supply to the brain causing neurological deficits that last less than 24 hrs. and leave no residual brain damage   Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)  
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A response to positioning in which the supine position produces an increase in extensor tone and the prone position produces an increase in flexor tone   Symmetric Tonic Labyrinthine reflex  
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The continued repetition of words, thoughts, or acts not related to current contex   Perseveration  
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Deficient or absent muscle tone   Flaccidity  
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Decreased awareness of the body and environment on the side of the body oppisite to the cerebral lesion   Visual Neglect  
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An unusual motor behavior characterized by the patient's strong lateral lean toward the hemiplegic side in all positions   Pusher's Syndrome  
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Loss of vision in the contralateral half of each visual field, the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other eye corresponding to the hemiplegic side   Homonymous Hemianopsia  
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Deviation of the eyes secondary to unopposed action of the eye muscles   Forced Gaze Deviation  
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A response to flexion of the neck that results in flexion of the arms and extension of the legs; extension of the neck results in the opposite responses   Symmetric Tonic Neck Reflex  
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Usually the result of trauma, pain usually begins in the shoulder and progresses to the hand followed by the development of sympathetic vasomotor symptoms of the hand   Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy  
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