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Vocab for Patho
PTA Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hemiparesis | weakness or partial paralysis of one side of body |
| ataxia | uncoordinated or irregular muscle action |
| embolism | sudden blocking of an artery by a clot or foreign material |
| bradycardia | slower than normal heart rate |
| hemianesthesia | sensory deficit on one side of the body |
| gustatory | pertaining to taste |
| paraplegia | paralysis of the legs and partial trunk |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| quadriplegia/tetraplegia | paralysis of all four limbs and trunk |
| Horner's syndrome | paralysis of cervical sympathetic nerves causing sinking of the eyeballs and ptosis of the eyelid |
| Expressive aphasia | loss of power to express by speech, writing, or signs; knowing what you want to say but can't (Broca's) |
| receptive aphasia | loss of ability to understand or comprehend spoken or written language (Wernicke's) |
| akinetic apraxia | loss of ability to initiate spontaneous movement |
| apraxia | loss of ability to carry out familiar, purposeful movement in absence of paralysis or other motor or sensory impairment |
| nystagmus | involuntary rapid movement of the eyeball |
| anosognosia | inability to recognize or acknowledge bodily defect |
| agraphia | inability to express thoughts in writing due to cerebral cortex lesion |
| acalculia | inability to do simple arithmetical calculations |
| dysarthria | imperfect articulation of speech due to decrease in motor speech control |
| diplopia | double vision |
| dystonia | disordered or abnormal mm tone |
| dysphagia | difficulty with swallowing |
| agnosia | difficulty with naming objects |
| quadrantanopia | defective vision or blindness in one quarter of the visual fields of both eyes |
| homonymous hemianopia | defective vision or blindness in half the visual fields of both eyes on the same side |
| heteronymous hemianopia | defective vision or blindness in either the nasal or temporal halves of the visual field of each eye |
| decorticate posturing | consists of UE add with arm, wrist, finger flex, plus LE ext, ,IR & PF |
| papilledema | choking of the optic disc due to increased CFS pressure on the brain tissues surrounding the optic nerve |
| RAS - reticular activating system | brain system which govern arousal and awareness |
| contrecoup | brain injury caused by impact on the opposite side of the skull |
| coup | brain injury at the site of the impact |
| cortical blindess | blindess due to a lesion of the primary visual center of the brain |
| spasticity | an increase over the normal tone of a mm with heightened deep tendon reflexes |
| decerebrate posturing | all 4 extremities are rigid in extension |
| ipsilateral | affecting the same side |
| contralateral | affecting the opposite side |
| dyskinesia | abnormal movement of any kind |
| dysmetria | impaired ability to judge the distance or range of a movement |
| perserveration | abnormal, compulsive & inappropriate repetition of words or behavior |
| dysdiadochokinesia | impaired ability to perform rapid, alternating movements |
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jklincoln
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