Carotid Vocab

Question 1

Amaurosis Fugax

Answer 1

Transient loss of vision in one eye. Described as a shade being pulled down over the eye (pulled up or down)
related to the ipsilateral carotid artery

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

speaking disorder due to brain dysfunction

inability to speak or express oneself- dominant hemisphere, usually left

Question 3

Ataxia

Answer 3

Lack of muscular coordination (can’t catch the taxi)

gross incoordination of the muscle movements; clumsiness of limb- contralateral hemisphere

Question 4

Dysathria

Answer 4

-inability to produce clear speech
imperfect articulation of speech due to disturbances of muscle control, slurring, etc. dysfunction of any number of brain centers

Question 5

Paresis

Answer 5

weakness; mild paralysis

Question 6

paresthesia

Answer 6

abnormal / tinging sensations

Question 7

bruit

Answer 7

abnormal sound heard during auscultation; fm French word for noise

Question 8

dysphagia

Answer 8

difficultly in swallowing

Question 9

dysphasia

Answer 9

impairment of speech, lack of coordination and failure to arrange words in proper order
-dominant hemisphere

Question 10

lateralized paresthesia

Answer 10

tingling and numbness- contralateral hemisphere

Question 11

hemiparesis

Answer 11

lateralized weakness- contralateral hemisphere

Question 12

hemiplegia

Answer 12

lateralized paralysis- contralateral hemisphere

Question 13

drop attacks

Answer 13

falling down without fainting

Question 14

syncope

Answer 14

a transient state of being unconscious without losing consciousness.

Question 15

vertigo

Answer 15

a sensation that the environment is moving around the patient. a feeling of motion of spinning when the patient is stationary

Question 16

dizziness

Answer 16

a sense of being off balance

Question 17

diplopia

Answer 17

double vision

Question 18

binocular blindness

Answer 18

a transient, bilateral blindness of acute onset

Question 19

CVA

Answer 19

cerebrovascular accident

completed brain stroke

Question 20

TIA

Answer 20

transient ischemic attack

symptoms resolve within 24 hours

Question 21

RIND

Answer 21

reversible ischemic neurologic deficit

symptoms resolve, but not within 24 hr

Question 22

thrombus

Answer 22

formation of clot within a vessel, usually due to sluggish or stagnant flow

Question 23

embolus

Answer 23

when material breaks off and travels distally, blocking blood to a small vessel or territory; High blood pressure often causes plaque to break
off and embolize to other areas,

Question 24

stenosis

Answer 24

narrowing of a vessel lumen, usually due to atherosclerosis

Question 25

fatty streak

Answer 25

thin layer of lipid material on intimal layer

Question 26

fibrous plaque

Answer 26

accumulation of lipids covered by more lipids, collagen, elastic fiber deposits

Question 27

complicated lesion

Answer 27

contains fibrous tissue, collagen and calcium

Question 28

ulcerative lesion

Answer 28

characterized by deterioration of smooth surface of the fibrous cap

Question 29

subclavian steal

Answer 29

caused by flow reducing lesion in the innominate or subclavian artery proximal to the vertebral artery