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syncope   sudden loss of strength, temporary loss of consciousness due to lack of cerebral blood flow  
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vertigo   rotational spinning sensation  
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paresis   partial or incomplete paralysis  
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dysmentria   inability to control ROM of muscles  
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paresthesia   abnormal sensation (numbness,burning,tingling)  
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dysphasia   difficulty with language comprehension or expression,problem speaking  
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dysarthria   difficulty forming words, articulating sounds  
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dysphagia   difficulty swallowing  
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aphasia   absence of ability to speak  
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expressive dysphasia   difficulty anwsering but can understand  
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position (kinesthesia)   ability to perceive passive movement  
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stereognosis   ability to recognize objects by feeling their form  
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graphesthesia   ability to read a number by having it traced on the skin  
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vibration   use tuning fork over boney prominances  
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wernickes area   in temporal lobe, associated with language comprehension  
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brocas area   in frontal lobe, associated with ability to speak  
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brain stem   midbrain, pons, medulla  
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EOM   extraoccular movements  
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Romberg Test   used to assess CNS  
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cerebral function (cerebrum)   can be evaluated by observing the patient's behavior and assessing LOC, short and long-term memory, emotional status, speech, dress and grooming and abstract reasoning  
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cerebellar function   can be evaluated by observing patient's fine motor skills,coordination and balance.  
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cerebellum   coordinates movement, equilibrium, and muscle tone  
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hypothalamus   major control station for homeostasis  
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left brain   controls language  
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right brain   nonverbal or perceptual hemisphere  
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cerebrum   largest part of brain  
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spinal cord   highway for ascending and descending fiber tracts  
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glasgow coma scale   best eye opening response,best motor response, best verbal response  
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Keys to assessment   alert, lethargic, obtunded, stupor or semi-coma, coma, confusional state  
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abnormal flexion   decorticate rigidity  
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abnormal extension   decerebrate rigidity  
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constricted pupils may mean:   narcotics and pinpoint lasting analgesics  
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dilated pupils may indicate:   hypoxia or drugs  
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pupil reactions   brisk, sluggish, fixed  
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consider________when assessing the neurological patient to determine to determine alterations in the nervous system   magic  
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magic   metabolism, all drugs, gas exchange, infection, circulation  
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frontal lobe   personality, behavior, emotions, intellectual function, ability to write words, broca's area  
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parietal lobe   primary center for sensation, ability to recognize body parts, left versus right  
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temportal lobe   primary auditory reception center, wernicke's area  
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occipital   primary visual reception center, understanding written word  
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thalmus   main relay station for the nervous system  
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hypothalamus   center for temperature control, sleep, pituitary regulation, HR, BP, and emotional regulation  
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clonus   repeated reflex muscular movements  
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