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Nervous System
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Seizure | Convulsion |
| Paralysis of all 4 extremeties | Quadriplegic |
| Paralysis from waist down | Paraglegic |
| Unexplained weakness affecting only one side of the face | Bell's Palsy |
| Phase of a migraine where pt. sees flashing or bright lights or zig-zag lines. | Aura |
| Begins with tingling and weakness starting in your feet and legs | Guillain Barre Syndrome |
| Disease causing fine tremors, muscular weakness, rigidity, and shuffling gait. | Parkinson’s disease |
| classified as a mass of blood forming beneath the dura mater if the meninges are torn by trauma. | Subdural Hematoma |
| Involved in movement, motivation, and emotion, this neurotransmitter produces feelings of pleasure when released by the brain’s reward system, and it’s also involved in learning. | Dopamine |
| A cell in the nervous system whose function it is to receive and transmit information | Neuron |
| Oxygen deprivation during the birthing process, causing spastic muscles, lack of coordination when she eats and talks, seizures, & mental retardation. | Cerebral Palsy |
| A diagnostic test that records the electrical activity of the brain. | Electroencephalography (EEG) |
| A medication to help the inflammation of the facial nerve which occurs with Bell’s Palsy. | Corticosteroid |
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