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Stack #4603873
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aphasia | Lack or impairment of the ability to understand speech (Phas=speech) |
| Asthenia | Weakness |
| Ataxia | Lack of coordination (Tax= Think of a taxi jerking) |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty with swallowing (phag=eat, swallow) |
| Fasciculation | involuntary contraction of small local muscles |
| Paresthesia | Feeling of prickling, burning, or numbness (para= abnormal, esthesi= feeling) |
| MS | An autoimmune disease damaging the myelin and the protective sheath around nerve fibers. |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | A degenerative , fatal disease attacking motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord leading to muscle weakness. |
| encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain |
| Hematoma | Localized collection of blood, usually clotted in an organ, tissue, or space, due to a break in the wall of a blood vessel |
| Meningitis | Any infection or inflammation of the membranes coving the brain and spinal cord due to viral infection. |
| Hemispherectomy | cutting out a cerebral hemisphere to treat intractable epilepsy |
| Neuroplasty | Surgical repair of the nerve |
| Status epilepticus | Life threatening seizures |
| Parkinson's disease | Progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremors |
| a tonic clonic seizures | temporary loss of consciousness accompanied by muscle spasms |
| Bell's Palsy | Paralysis of the facial nerve |
| CP (cerebral palsy) | Motor function disorder as a result of permanent, nonprogressive brain defect or lesion caused perinatally |
| Diplegia | |
| Aphasia | Lack or impairment of the ability to understand speech (Phas=speech) |
| Asthenia | Weakness |
| Ataxia | Lack of coordination (Tax= Think of a taxi jerking) |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty with swallowing (phag=eat, swallow) |
| Fasciculation | involuntary contraction of small local muscles |
| Paresthesia | Feeling of prickling, burning, or numbness (para= abnormal, esthesi= feeling) |
| MS | An autoimmune disease damaging the myelin and the protective sheath around nerve fibers. |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | A degenerative , fatal disease attacking motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord leading to muscle weakness. |
| encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain |
| Hematoma | Localized collection of blood, usually clotted in an organ, tissue, or space, due o a break in the wall of a blood vessel |
| Meningitis | Any infection or inflammation of the membranes coving the brain and spinal cord due to viral infection. |
| Hemispherectomy | cutting out a cerebral hemisphere to treat intractable epilepsy |
| Neuroplasty | Surgical repair of the nerve |
| Status epilepticus | Life threatening seizures |
| Parkinson's disease | Progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremors |
| a tonic clonic seizures | temporary loss of consciousness accompanied by muscle spasms |
| Bell's Palsy | Paralysis of the facial nerve |
| CP (cerebral palsy) | Motor function disorder as a result of permanent, nonprogressive brain defect or lesion caused perinatally |
| Diplegia | Paralysis of the SAME body part on BOTH sides ( Di= two) |
| Hemiparesis (paresis=slight) | Muscular weakness or slight paralysis on the left OR right side of the body (hemi= Half ) |
| Hemiplegia (plegia=paralysis) | Paralysis on the left OR right side of the body |
| Monoplegia (mono=one) | Paralysis of ONE limb on the left OR right side of the body |
| paraplegia | Paralysis of the limbs and trunk (bottom half of the body) |
| Quadriplegia (Quadri= 4) | Paralysis of arms, legs, and trunk |
| Craniotomy (crani/o=skull) | incision into the skull as a surgical approach or to relieve intracranial pressure. |
| Chemothalamectomy (Chem/o=chemical) | injection of chemical substance to destroy part of the thalamus |
| Echoencephalography (encephal/o=brain) | Ultrasound of the brain |
| Electroencephalography EEG (electr/o=electricity) (encephal/o= Brain) | Record of the electrical activity of the brain |
| Nerve block | Use of anesthesia to prevent sensory nerve impulses from reaching the CNS |
Created by:
shrea Caldwell