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Stroke term(s)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| automatic responses of the limb as a result of action occuring in some other part of the body, eigther by voluntary or reflex stimulation. | Associated reactions |
| term for a category of motor speech difficulties caused by impairment in the parts ot the central or peripheral nervous system the mediate speech production. | Dysarthrea |
| a type of speech impairment in which speech flows smoothly, but auditory comprehension may be impaired. (wernicke's/ sensory aphasia) | Fluent aphasia |
| the inability to recongnize or make sense of incoming information despite intact sensory capabilities. | Agnosia |
| a disorder of voluntary skilled learned movement characterized by an inability to initiate and perform purposeful movements that cannot be accounted for by inadequeate strength, loss of coordination, or abnormal tone. | Apraxia |
| loss of vision in the contralateral half of each visual field, the nasal half of one eye and the temperal half f the other eye corresponding to the hemiplegic side. | Homonymous hemianopsia |
| stereotyped mass movement patterns associated with neurological deficit; movements are primitive, automatic, reflexive and highly stereotyped; there is a characteristic flexion or extension pattern to the upper and lower extremities. | Synergies |
| motor paralysis of one half of the body | Hemiplegia |
| temporary interruption of blood supply to the brain. Symptoms of neuro deficit may last a few minutes or hours but do not last over 24hrs. after attack ther is no evidence residual brain damage. | Transient ischemic attack |
| neurological status deteriorates after admission to the hospital. | Deteriorating stroke |
| motor weakness (partial paralysis)affecting one half of the body. | Hemiparesis |
| unusual motor behavior characterized by the patient's strong lateral lean toward the hemiplegic side in all positions. | Ipsalateral pushing |
| is sever aphasia characterized by marked impairments of both production and comprehension of language. (sever brain damage) | Global aphasia |
| is the general term used to describe an acquired communication disorder caused by brain damaged. | Aphasia |
| the flow of speech is slow and hesitanct, bocabulary is limited, and syntax is impaired. (comprehension is good, but speech is not) | Nonfluent aphasia |
| used to discribe motor impairments of cerebellar origin. | Ataxia |
| refers an inabilty of the patient to produce movement either on command or automatically and represents a complete breakdown in the conceptualization of the task. | Ideational apraxia |
| the patient is unable to produce a movement on command but is able to move automatically | Ideomotor apraxia |
| A condition in which the deep tendon reflexes are exaggerated. | Hyperreflexia |
| inability to sustain a movement. | Motor impersistence |
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