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Neuro Vocab F23
Neuro Vocab Flash
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nerve disease | neuropathy |
| nerve pain | neuralgia |
| nerve weakness | neurasthenia |
| protrusion of membrane and spinal cord thru vertebrae | meningomyelocele |
| disease of spinal nerve root | radiculopathy |
| cutting into/severing the spinal nerve root | rhizotomy |
| sleep seizure | narcolepsy |
| condition where there are recurring seizrures | epilepsy |
| fear of light | photophobia |
| paralyzed in one limb | monoplegia |
| paralyzed from neck down | quadripleggia |
| incision into skull | craniotomy |
| paralyzed on one side | hemiplegia |
| excesvie fluid in ventricles of brain | hydrocephaly/hydrocephalus |
| within the spinal covering/sheath | intrathecal |
| can't communicate | aphasia |
| inability to use familiar objects | apraxia |
| cannot recognize familiar objects | agnosia |
| loss of memory | amnesia |
| loss of/absence of feeling | anesthesia |
| agent to stop pain | analgesic |
| rhythmic jerking movements type of seizure | clonic/tonic, Grand mal |