A&P CH9 Nervous system clinical terms
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| analgesia | loss or reduction in the ability to sense pain, but without loss of consciousness
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| analgesic | pain-relieving drug
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| anesthesia | loss of feeling
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| aphasia | disturbance or loss of the ability to use words or to understand them, usually due to damage to cerebral association areas
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| apraxia | impairment in the ability to use objects
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| ataxia | partial or complete inability to coordinate voluntary movements
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| cerebral palsy | partial paralysis and lack of muscular coordination caused by damage to the cerebrum
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| coma | unconscious condition in which a person does not respond to stimulation
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| cordotomy | surgical procedure that sever’s a nerve tract within the spinal cord to relieve intractable pain
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| craniotomy | surgical procedure that opens part of the skull
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| electroencephalogram (EEG) | recording of the brain’s electrical activity
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| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain and meninges, producing drowsiness and apathy
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| epilepsy | disorder of the central nervous system that temporarily disturbs brain impulses, producing convulsive seizures and loss of consciousness
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| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body and the limbs on that side
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| Huntington disease | inherited disorder of the brain causing involuntary, dance-like movements and personality changes
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| laminectomy | surgical removal of the posterior arch of a vertebra, usually to relieve symptoms of ruptured intervertebral disc pressing on a spinal nerve
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| monoplegia | paralysis of a single limb
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| multiple sclerosis | loss of myelin and the appearance of scar-like patches throughout the brain or spinal cord or both
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| neuralgia | sharp, recurring pain associated with a nerve, usually caused by inflammation or injury
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| neuritis | inflammation of a nerve
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| paraplegia | paralysis of both lower limbs
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| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four limbs
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| vagotomy | surgical severing of a vagus nerve-for example, to reduce acid secretion in a patient with ulcers nnn-responsive to other treatment
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