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MedCon 15
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 15 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amnesia | loss of memory |
| Aura | symptoms occurring at the onset of a partial epileptic seizure or migraine headache; it may be tingling of the fingers, ringing in the ears and visual disturbances |
| Carotid endarterectomy | surgical intervention to remove plaque in the carotid arteries to improve blood flow and reduce the risk of a thrombus |
| Cauterization | the electrical burning of tissue to stop bleeding; used most frequently during surgery to stop bleeding from vessels |
| Cephalalgia | headache |
| Chorea | a constant, jerky, uncontrollable movement |
| Convulsion | an abnormal muscle contraction; a violent spasm or jerking of the face, trunk or extremities |
| Decompress | a release of pressure |
| Dysphasia | difficulty speaking |
| Epidural | between the skull and the dura matter |
| Grand mal | a term applied to seizures that are the type most often thought of as epilepsy; these seizures are characterized by convulsions, loss of consciousness, urinary and fecal incontinence and tongue bitting |
| Hemiparesis | weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body |
| Hydrophobia | fear of the water |
| Hypothermia | a significantly low body temperature |
| Intractable | difficult to stop or control |
| Nuchal rigidity | a stiffness in the neck that resists bending the neck forward or sideways |
| Paraplegia | a loss of movement and feeling in the trunk and both legs |
| Paresthesia | abnormal sensation, burning, tingling, or numbness |
| Petit mal | a term applied to a type of seizure; these seizures consist of a brie change in the level of consciousness without convulsions; the involved individual may show symptoms of blank staring, blinking, and/or twitching of the eyes or mouth |
| Quadriplegia | a loss of movement and feeling in the trunk and all four extremities with the accompanying loss of bowel, bladder and sexual function |
| Seizure | a sudden onset or attack but the term is commonly used to indicate a convulsive seizure as occurs in epilepsy |
| Spinal stenosis | the condition of narrowing of a nerve root opening in the spinal column |
| Status epilepticus | a life |
| Subdural | between the outer (dura mater) layer and the middle (arachnoid) layer of the meninges |
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jillcyr
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