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MP NEUROLOGY
NEUROLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| KETONURIA | KETON/O - KETONS, UR/O-UNINARY SYSTEM OR URINE, -IA - CONDITION, STATE OR THING (KETONE BODIES IN THE URINE) KETONS ARE WASTE PRODUCTS WHEN FAT METABOLIZES. (PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS METABOLIZE FAT FOR ENERGY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT METABOLIZE GLUCOSE |
| PARAESTHESIA | PARA - ABNORMAL, ESTH/O- FEELING OR SENSATION, -IA - CONDITION STATE OR THING ("PINS AND NEEDLES" - A SPONTANEOUS ABNORMAL NONPAINFUL SENSATION OFTEN A RESULT OF NERVE DAMAGE OR PINCHED NERVE. |
| NEUROLOGY | NEUR/O - NERVE, -LOGY - STUDY OF (MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT STUDUES THE A&P OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM) |
| DIAPHORESIS | DIAPHOR/O - SWEATING , -ESIS = CONDITION OR PROCESS (PROFUSE SWEATING CAUSED BY AN UNDERLYING CONDITION SUCH AS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, NARCOTIC WITHDRAWL ETC) |
| NEUROPATHY | NEUR/O - NERVE; -PATHY - DISEASE (ANY OF NUMEROUS FUNCTIONAL DISTIBURANCES IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PNS) |
| PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - contains cranial nerves and spinal nerves; A SET OR SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED AND INTERDEPENDENT PARTS THAT ACT TOGETHER IN A COMMON PURPOSE TO PRODUCE RESULTS IMPOSSIBLE BY ACTION OF ONE ALONE |
| PARKINSONS DISEASE | CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASE CAUSED BY AN IMBALANCE IN NEUROTRANSMITTERS DOPAMINE AND ACETYLCHOLINE IN THE BRAIN. MUSCLE RIGIDITY, TREMORS. MASK LIKE FACIAL EXPRESSION. SHUFFLING GAIT. INABILITY TO AMBULATE. |
| PROPRIOCEPTION | A SENSE OR PERCEPTION, USUALLY AT THE SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL OF THE MOVEMENTS AND POSITION OF THE BODY INDEPENDENT OF VISION. (CONNECTED WITH INNER EAR STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH BALANCE AND POSITION |
| ATAXIA | A-WITHOUT OR AWAY FROM, TAX/O - COORDINATION; IA - CONDITION STATE OR THING (INCOORDINATION OF THE MUSCLES DURING MOVEMENT PARTICULARLY INCOORDINATION OF THE GAIT. PATIENTS CONSIDERED ATAXIC |
| CONCUSSION | CONCUSS/O - VIOLENT IMPACT, -ION- ACTION OR CONDITION. (TRAUMATIC INJURY TO THE BRAIN RESULTING IN AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - LOC. |
| CONTUSION | CONTUS/O - BRUISING; -ION - ACTION OR CONDITION (TRAUMATIC INJURY TO THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD. NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS BUT THERE IS BRUISING WITH SOME BLEEDING IN THE TISSUES. |
| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
| CSF | CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID |
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