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Chapter 10
HIT 104
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| paralysis | -plegia |
| excessive sensitiviy to pain | -algesia |
| feeling, nervous sensation | -esthesia |
| weakness | -paresis |
| strength | -sthenia |
| pain | -algia |
| movement | -kinesis |
| speech | -phasia |
| seizure | -lepsy |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| MS | Multiple sclerosis |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| inability to speak | aphasia |
| abnormal feeling | parethesia |
| lack of sensitivity to pain | analgesia |
| nervous exhaustion and fatigue | neurasthenia |
| condition of increased sensation | hyperesthesia |
| inflammation of the meninges | meningitis |
| inflammation of the nerve root | radiculitis |
| record of the spinal cord | myelogram |
| clot of material that travels through the bloodstream and suddenly blocks a vessel | embolus |
| the spinal column is imperfectly joint and part of the meninges and spinal cord can herniate out of the spinal cavity | meningoemyelocele |
| cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the head | hydrocephalus |
| degeneration of the nerves in the basal ganglia occurring in later life, leading to tremors, shuffling gait, and muscle stiffness; dopamine is deficient in the brain | parkinson's disease |
| collection of blood below the dura mater | subdural hematoma |
| unilateral facial paralysis | bell's palsy |
| congenital defects in the lumbar spinal column caused by imperfect union of vertebral parts. | spinal bifida |
| mental decline and detorioraton | dementia |
| carry messages related to changes in the environment toward the spinal cord and brain | afferent nerves |
| travel from the spinal cord and brain to muscles of the body telling them how to respond | efferent nerves |
| fainting | syncope |
| paralysis of all four limbs of the body | quadriplega |
| slight paralysis in either the right or the left half of the body | hemiparesis |
| viral infection affecting peripheral nerves | shingles |
| no muscular coordination | ataxia |
| inability to carry out familiar purposeful movements | apraxia |
| autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscles | myasthenia gravis |
| destruction of the myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS and its replacement by plaques of sclerotic tissue | multiple sclerosis |
| difficulty learning | dyslexia |
| heredity disorder marked by degenerative changes in the cerebrum leading to abrupt involuntary movements and mental deterioration. | huntington's disease |
| degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem | lou gehrig's disease |
| is a familiar condition of artarial insufficiency | raynaud's phenomenon |
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