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CHAPTER 5
MODULE 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ALS | AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE) |
| CNS | CENTERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CP | CEREBRAL PALST |
| CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
| CVA | CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
| EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAM |
| ICP | INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE |
| LOC | LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
| MRA | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| OCD | OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
| PET | POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY |
| PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
| ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS |
| CEPHALO | HEAD |
| CEREBELLO | CEREBELLUM |
| CEREBRO | BRAIN |
| CRANIO | HEAD, SKULL |
| DURO | TOUGH OUTER MEMBRANE SURROUNDING TH BRAIN AND SPINA CORD |
| ENCEPHALO | BRAIN, INSIDE THE HEAD |
| ESTHESIO | FEELING, SENSATION |
| GANGLIO | NERVE BUNDLE |
| GNOSIO | KNOW |
| HYPNO | SLEEP |
| LOBO | LONE |
| MANIA | EXCESSIVE DESIRE |
| MENINGO, MENINGIO | MENINGES, MEMBRAINE SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
| MYELO | SPINAL CORD, BONE MARROW |
| NEURO | NERVE |
| PARESIS | SLIGHT OR PARTIAL PARALYSIS |
| PHASO | SPEECH |
| PHOBIA | EXCESSIVE FEAR |
| PHRENO | MIND |
| PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| PSYCHO | MIND |
| SOMNO, SOMNI | SLEEP |
| TAXO | ARRANGEMENT, ORDER, COORDINATION |
| TONO | MUSCLE TONE, TENSION |
| AFFERENT NERVE | A NERVE THAT CARRIES IMPULSES TOWARD THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| AGNOSIA | INABILITY TO COMPREHEND |
| AGORAPHOBIA | FEAR OF THE OUTDOORS |
| AMYOTROPHIC LATERALSCLEROSIS | ALS, A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSWTEM, CAUSING LOSS OF MUSCLE CONTROL; ALSO KNOWN AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| ANXIOLYTIC | A DRUG THAT LESSENS ANXIETY |
| APATHY | A LACK OF EMOTION |
| APHASIA | INABILITY TO SPEAK |
| ASTROCYTOMA | A TUMOR ARISING FROM ASTOCYTE FLIAL CELL |
| ATAXIA | LACK OF COORDINATION |
| AUTISM | A PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY THE WITHDRAWAL FROM COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS; THE PATIENT IS FOCUSED ONLY ON THE SELF |
| CATATONIA | CCONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY REDUCED MUSCLE TONE |
| CAUSALGIA | PAINFUL SENSATION OF BURNING |
| CEREBRAL ANEURYSM | THE WIDENING OR ABNORAL DILATION OF A BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BRAIN |
| CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY | PROCEDURE USED TO EXAMINE BLOOD VESSELS IN THE BRAIN |
| CEREBRAL ARTIOSCLEROSIS | THE HEARDENING OF AN ARTERY IN THE BRAIN |
| CEREBRAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS | THE HARDENING OF AN ARTERY IN THE BRAIN |
| CEREBRAL ATROPHY | WASTING AWAY OF THE BRAIN TISSUE |
| CEREBRAL EMOLISM | THE BLOCKAGE OF A BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BRAIN CAUSED BY A FOREIN OBJECT (EMBOLUS) SUCH AS FAT OR BACTERIA |
| CEREBRAL PALSY | PARALYSIS CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THE ARIA OF THE VRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVEMENT |
| CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS | THE BLOCKAGE OF A BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BRAIN CAUSED BY A CLOT |
| CEREBROMENINGITIS | INFAMATION OF THE BRAIN AND MENINGES |
| CEREBROTOMY | INCISION INTO THE BRAIN |
| CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT | AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE BRAIN |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE | A DISEASE OF THE BOOD VESSELS OF THE BRAIN |
| CLONUS | MUSCLE SPASM OR TWITHING |
| CRANIAL HEMATOMA | A HEMATOMA BENEATH THE SKULL |
| CRANIECTOMY | REMOVAL OF A PIEVE OF THE SKULL |
| CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS | THE PREMATIURE FUSING OF THE SKULL BONES |
| DURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE DURA |
| DYSESTHESIA | BAD FEELING |
| DYSKINESIA | DUFFICULTY MOVING |
| DYSPHORIA | A NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL STATE |
| DYSTONIA | CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENTS |
| EFFERENT NERVE | A NERVE THAT CARRIES IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| ENCEPHALOAGIA | BRAIN PAIN |
| ENCEPHALOCELE | HERNIA OF THE BRAIN (NORMALLY THRU A DEFFECT OF THE SKULL) |
| ENCEPHALOGRAPHY | PROCEDURE FOR STUDYING THE BRAIN |
| ENCEPHALOMYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CHORD |
| ENCEPHALOMYELONEUROPATHY | DISEASE OF THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, AND NERVES |
| ENCEPHALOPYOSIS | A PUS FILLED ABSCESS IN THE BRAIN |
| ENDARTERECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE INSIDE OF THE ARTERY |
| ENDOVASCULAR NEUROSURGERY | SURGERY ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM PEROMED BY ENTERING THE BODY THRUGH BLOOD VESSELS |
| EPIDURAL ANESTHETIC | ANESTHETIC APPLIED IN THE DURAL REGION OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| EPIDURAL HEMATOMA | A HEMATOME LOCATED ON TOP OF THE DURA |
| GENERAL ANESTHEIC | ANESTHETIC THAT CAUSES COMPLETE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| GLIOBLASTOMA | A BRAIN TUMOR ARISING FROM GLIOBLAST CELLS |
| HEMORRHAGIC STROKE | A STROKE WHERE BLOOD LOSS IS CAUSED BY THE RUPTURE OF A BLOOD VESSEL |
| HYDROCEPHALY | ABNORMAL ACCUMALATION OF SPINAL FUID IN THE BRAIN |
| HYPNOTIC | A DRUG THAT AIDES IN SLEEP |
| HYPOMANIA | A MENTAL STATE JUST BELOW MANIA |
| INTERICTAL | TIME BETWEEN SIEZURES |
| INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA | A HEMATOMMA LOCATEDINSIDE THE BRAIN |
| INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE | EXCESSIVE BLEEDING INSIDE THE BRAIN |
| ISCHEMIC STROKE | A STROKE WHERE BOOD LOSS IS CAUSED BY A BLOCKAGE |
| LOCAL ANESTHETIC | ANY ANESTHETIC THAT DOES NOT AFFECT CONSCIOUSNESS |
| LUMBAR PUNCTURE | INSERTING A NEEDLE INTO THE LUMBAR REGION OF THE SPINE IN ORDER TO COLLECT SPINAL FLUID |
| MACROCEPHALY | ABNORMALLY LARGE HEAD |
| MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY | PROCEDURE USED TO EXAMINE BOOD VESSELSQ |
| MANIC DEPRESSION | A PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY ALTERNATING BOUTS OF EXCITEMTN AND DEPRESSION |
| MONOPARESIS | PARTIAL PARALYSIS OF ONE LIMB |
| MONOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ONE LIMB |
| MYASTHENIA | CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY MUSCLE WEAKNESS |
| MYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MYELOCELE | A HERNIA OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MYELODYSPLASIA | DEFECTIVE FORMATOIN OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MYELOGRAM | IMAGE OF THE SPINAL CORD, USUALLY DONE USING XRAY |
| MYELOMALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MYELOMENINGOCELE | A HERNIA OF THE SPINAL CORD AND MININGES |
| MYELOPATHY | DISEASE OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| NEUROGLYCOPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF SUGAR THAT INTERFERES WITH NORMAL BRAIN ACTIVITY |
| NEURORRHAPHY | SUTURING OF THE NERCE OFTEN THE SEVERED ENDS OF THE NERVE |
| NYSGTAGMUS | INVOLUNTARY BACK AND FORTH EYE MOVEMENT |
| PARALYSIS | COMPLETE LOSS OF SENSATION AND MOTOR FUNCTION |
| PARESIS | PARTIAL PARALYSIS CHARACTERIZED BY VARYING DEGREESW OF SENSATION AND MOTOR FUNCTION |
| PARESTHESIA | ABNORMAL SENSATION (USUALLY NUMBNESS OR TINGLING IN THE SKIN) |
| PHOTOPHOBIA | EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT |
| POLIOMYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE GRAY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| POLYNEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF MULTIPLE NERVES |
| POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCAN | AN IMAGING PROCEDURE THAT USES RADIATION (POSITRONS) TO PRODUCE CROSS SECTIONS OF THE BRAIN |
| POSTICTAL | TIME AFGTER A SEIZURE |
| PROSOPAGNOSIA | INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE FACES |
| PSEUDOESTHESIA | FALSE SENSATION |
| PSYCHOSOMATIC | PERTAINING TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE MIND |
| PSYCHOTROPIC | DRUGS THAT ARE ABLE TO TURN THE MIND |
| REGIONAL ANESTHESIA | ANESTHERIC THAT IS INJECTED INTO A NERVE, CAUSING LOSS OF SENSATION OVER A PARTICULAR AREA |
| SOMNAMBULISM | SLEEP WALKING |
| STROKE | LOSS OF BRAIN FUNCTION CAUSED BY INTERRUPTION OF BLOOD FLOW/SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN |
| SYNESTHESIA | CONDITION WHERE ONE SENSATION IS EXPERIENCED AS ANOTHER |
| THROMOLYTIC | A DRUG THAT DISSOLVES CLOTS |
| TONIC | PERTAINING TO USCLE TONE (NORMALLY WEAK OR UNRESPONSIVE) |
| TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE | A SEIZURE CHARACTERIZED BY NOTH A TONIC AND CLONIC PHASE |
| TOPICAL ANESTHERIC | LOCAL ANESTHESIA APPLIED TO THE SURGACE OF THE AREA TO BE ANESTHETIZED |
| TRANSCRANIAL DOPPER SONOGRAPHY | AN IMAGING TECHNIQUE THAT PRODUCVES AN IMAGE OF THE BRAIN USING SOUND WAVES SENT THROUGH THE SKULL |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK | TIA, A MINI STROKE CAUSED BY THE BLOCKAGE OF A BLOOD VESSEL THAT RESOLVES (GOES AWAY) WITHIN 24 HOURS |
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