CNS med surg
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| Agosia | loss of ability to recognize objects
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| Ataxia | inability to coordiante muscle movement
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| Aphasia | Inability to express/understand language
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| Dysphasia | No speech
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| Dysphonia | change in the tone of the voice
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| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing
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| Otorrhea | leakage of CSF through the ear
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| Rhinorrhea | leakage of CSF through the nose
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| Hmiplegia | one-half of a pt.'s body is paralyed
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| stereognosis | the ability to perceive the form of an object by using the sense of touch
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| paraplegi | paralysis of the lower portion of the body, sometimes involving the trunk
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| graphesthesia | the ability to recognize writing on the skin
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| bradykinesia | slowed movement due to muscle rigidity
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| hemianopsia | the loss of half the vision in both eyes
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| fasciculation | involuntary twitch of muscle fibers
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| coma | unconsciousness, unresponsiveness, and inability to arouse
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| akinetic mutism | unresponsiveness to the environment, pt. makes no movement or sound but sometimes opens eyes
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| persistent vegetative state | pt. is devoid of cognitive function but has sleep way sycles
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| lock-in syndrome | pt. is unable to move or respond except for eye movements due to a lesion affecting the pons
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| decorticate posturing | flexion and internal rotation of forearms and hands; lesions to the corticospinal tracts
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| decerebrate rigidity | extension and external rotation of forearms and hands; lesions to the midbrain, pons, or diencephalons
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