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CNS med surg
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agosia | loss of ability to recognize objects |
| Ataxia | inability to coordiante muscle movement |
| Aphasia | Inability to express/understand language |
| Dysphasia | No speech |
| Dysphonia | change in the tone of the voice |
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| Otorrhea | leakage of CSF through the ear |
| Rhinorrhea | leakage of CSF through the nose |
| Hmiplegia | one-half of a pt.'s body is paralyed |
| stereognosis | the ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of touch |
| paraplegi | paralysis of the lower portion of the body, sometimes involving the trunk |
| graphesthesia | the ability to recognize writing on the skin |
| bradykinesia | slowed movement due to muscle rigidity |
| hemianopsia | the loss of half the vision in both eyes |
| fasciculation | involuntary twitch of muscle fibers |
| coma | unconsciousness, unresponsiveness, and inability to arouse |
| akinetic mutism | unresponsiveness to the environment, pt. makes no movement or sound but sometimes opens eyes |
| persistent vegetative state | pt. is devoid of cognitive function but has sleep way sycles |
| lock-in syndrome | pt. is unable to move or respond except for eye movements due to a lesion affecting the pons |
| decorticate posturing | flexion and internal rotation of forearms and hands; lesions to the corticospinal tracts |
| decerebrate rigidity | extension and external rotation of forearms and hands; lesions to the midbrain, pons, or diencephalons |
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