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NUR100 Sensory
CSM NUR100 Sensory Perception
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sensory Reception | The process of receiving stimuli or data |
| External Stimuli | Visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory |
| Internal Stimuli | Kinesthetic, visceral, gustatory |
| Sensory Perception | Involves the conscious organization and translation of the data or stimuli into eaningful information |
| Stimulus | Agent or act that stimulates a nerve receptor |
| Perception | perception, or awareness and interpretation of stimuli |
| Sensory overload | the inability to process the amount of sensory stimuli |
| Sensory deprivation | is a decrease of meaningful stimuli |
| Receptive aphasia | the inability to understand written or spoken word |
| Alzheimer's | the loss of nerve cells and presence of neurofibrillary tangles and plaques |
| Stroke (CVA) | a condition in which neurologic deficits results from a sudden decrease in blood flow to a localized area of the brain |
| cataract | An opacification of the lens of the eye include: Blurred Vision and Decreased Color perception |
| Glaucoma | Increased intraocular pressure with optic neuropathy leading to gradual loss of peripheral vision |
| Open-Angle Glaucoma | Chronic simple glaucoma Usually bilateral Painless in early stages |
| Closed-Angle Glaucoma | Less common Sudden onset Emergency situation Painful |
| Macular degeneration | leads to central vision blindness |
| Meniere's disease | Excess of endolymph in membranous labyrinth of inner ear causes neural organs of the cochlea to degenerate |
| Symptoms of Meniere's disease | Triad of symptoms: Tinnitus Vertigo Unilateral hearing loss |
| Delirium | acute confusion |
| Dementia | Chronic confusion |