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Neuro Disorders
Stack #186001
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Agnosia? | Total or partial loss of the ability to recognize familiar objects or people through sensory stimuli as a result of organic brain damage. |
| What is aphasia? | An abnormal neurological condition in which the language funtion is defective or absent because of an injury to certain ares of the cerebral cortex. |
| What is apraxia? | An impairment in the ability to perform purposeful acts or to use objects properly. |
| What is ataxia? | Impaired ability to coordinate movement |
| What is anomia? | the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects |
| What is autonomic dysreflexia? | A neurological condition characterized by increased reflex actions |
| What is Bradykinesia? | An abnormal condition characterized by slowness of voluntary movements and speech. |
| What is Brudzinski's Sign? | Flexion of the hip and knee when the neck is flexed |
| What does contralateral mean? | On the other side - A stroke on the left side of the brain may cause contralateral paralysis, affecting the left arm and leg |
| What is diplopia? | Double vision |
| What is dysarthria? | Difficult, poorly articulated speech that usually results from interference in the control over the muscles of speech |
| What is dysphagia? | Severe swallowing difficulty |
| What is dysphasia? | Difficulty speaking |
| What is expressive aphasia? | Inability to use symbols of speech |
| What does flaccid mean? | Weak, soft, flabby; lacking normal muscle tone |
| What is global aphasia? | Inability to understand the spoken word or to speak |
| What is hemianopia? | Defective vision or blindness in half of the visual field |
| What is hemiparesis? | Muscle weakness on only one side of the body |
| What is hemiplegia? | A condition in which half of the patients body is paralyzed |
| What does ipsilateral mean? | On the same side of the body - a tumor on the right side of the brain would affect vision ipsilaterally or the right eye |
| What is Kernig's sign? | The inability to extend the legs completely without extreme pain |
| What is nuchal rigidity? | Stiffness in the nape of the neck, often accompanied by pain and spasm on attempts to move the head; the most common sign of meningitis |
| What is nystagmus? | An involuntary rhythmic shaking or wobbling of the eyes |
| What does postictal mean? | Pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion |
| What does prodromal mean? | An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease. |
| What is proprioception? | The awareness of the location of one's own body part without having to look |
| What is ptosis? | The drooping of the eyelids |
| What is receptive aphasia? | Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words |
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