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Terms

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Definition
abulia   a lack of will  
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akinesia   loss or impairment of the power of voluntary movement  
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perseveration   getting stuck in persistent repetition of the same word or idea in response to different questions  
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mutism   the inability or unwillingness to speak  
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hyposexuality   especially low level of sexual interest  
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explosive emotional liability   inability to control emotional expressions by constantly changing emotion  
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environmental dependency   the need for environmental cues to achieve goals  
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impersistence   the inability to stay on one task  
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confabulation   the characteristic of telling untrue stories (intentional or not)  
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mania   mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state  
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hypersexuality   excessive sex drive  
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bradykinesia   slowed movements  
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hypokinesia   reduced/less movement  
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akinesia   basically no movement  
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rigidity   stiff/tight muscles that resist passive movement to a limb  
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dystonia   increased tone. abnormal, sustained involuntary muscle contractions  
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chorea   quick, involuntary, dance-like movements of hands/feet  
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athetosis   slow twisting movements of hands/feet  
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ballismus (hemisballismus)   quick, involuntary flinging of a limb (one sided)  
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tics   involuntary, non-rhythmic, repetitive motor or vocal behaviors  
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myoclonus   sudden involuntary muscle jerks  
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tremor   unintentional rhythmic shaking movements often in hands or voice (essential, intention, action, resting)  
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fasciciulations   muscle twitches  
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ataxia   uncoordinated motor movement, loss of motor control during voluntary movements  
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gait disorder   hemiplegia, parkinson's, ataxic, scissor  
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aphasia   "language troubles" fluent, non-fluent, conduction  
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apraxia   motor sequencing, sending instructions to produce correct speech but get mixed/messed up  
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dysarthria   nerves or muscle deficit  
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auditory processing disorder   can hear but cannot understand  
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proprioception   can sense where body is without seeing it  
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astereognosis   can't touch something with eyes closed and know what it is  
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alexia   difficulty/inability to read  
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acalculia   difficulty/inability to do math  
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phonological dyslexia   hard time sounding out unknown or fake words  
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anton's syndrome   fully blind but deny it  
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simultanagnosia   can't put parts of visual scene together in a comprehensive whole  
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prosopagnosia   face blindness  
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palinopsia   "ghost images" something appears in the same spot after it moves or see something that isn't there  
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visual agnosia   can see but cannot recognize objects  
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parasthesia   tingling, prickling, or burning sensation  
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anesthesia   numbness or loss of feeling  
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hypertonia   too much tone, rigidity  
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hypotonia   not enough or reduced tone, floppy  
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syncope   fainting, lose consciousness  
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presyncope   dizzy, start to black out  
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seizures   abnormal electrical activity in the brain. large spectrum of severity and causes  
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afferent   sensory signals PNS->CNS ascending  
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efferent   motor signals CNS->PNS descending  
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ganglion   group of cell bodies outside the CNS, gray matter PNS  
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nuclei   group of cell bodies inside the CNS  
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nerve   bundle of nerve fibers/axons outside the CNS, in the PNS  
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tract   bundle of nerve fibers/axons inside the CNS  
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GSE   to skeletal muscles. voluntary control  
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GVE   to smooth muscle, guts. involuntary control  
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GSA   from skin  
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GVA   from guts  
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S   somatic  
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V   visceral  
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E   efferent  
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A   afferent  
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dysmetria   under/overshooting touching a mark  
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dysdiachokinesia   inability to perform rapid, alternating movement with hand or mouth  
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nystagmus   fast, involuntary eye movement  
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ataxic dysarthria   slurred speech  
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anosmia   inability to smell  
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papillary light reflex   pupils adjusting to light levels  
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papilledema   optic disc swelling  
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ptosis   droopy eyelid  
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diplopia   double vision  
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jaw-jerk reflex   excessive movement of jaw when hit (positive is bad)  
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plantar reflex   toe flexing (positive bad when older)  
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patellar reflex   knee swing (positive is good)  
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plegia   paralysis  
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paresis   weakness  
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dysesthesia   abnormal sense of touch/pain  
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hydrocephalus   excess fluid in the brain  
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hypertension   high blood pressure  
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hyperosmolality   hyper concentration in blood. blood brain barrier breaks to diffuse  
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disfluencies   repetition, prolongations, stopping, blocking  
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BA 4   primary motor cortex  
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BA 6   supplementary motor cortex  
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BA 44+45   broca's area  
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BA 41+42   primary auditory area  
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declarative memory   long-term and episodic memory  
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anomia   word finding difficulties  
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lexical agraphia   can't visualize words in mind, hard time spelling  
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pure word deafness   can hear but can't understand speech, can identify non-speech sounds  
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