ch 12 Flashcards
amnesia
loss of memory, either parts or whole. caused by emotional truama or brain damage
aphasia
lack of ability to understand or form speech
athetosis
slow, involuntary, writhing of the extremeties
aura
premonition
dyssomnia
disorder of sleep wake cycle
fasiculation
contraction of small local muscles
gait
disorder of mannor of walking
hypokinesia
decreased normal movements
neuralgia
nervepain–>causalgiaifitsbruningpain
paresthesia
abonrmal senestaion like prickling
seizure
neuromascular disorder due to abnormal electrical avitvity of the brain
spamsm
tremors
rapid, aimless, continous momvement of skeletal muscles
vertigo
dizyness
ageusia
lack of ability to taste`
agnosia
lack of ability to recognize objects visually, auditarily etc
anosmia
lack of ability to smell
aprexia
lack of ability to use objects purposefully
dyslexia
difficulty readong or writing
neuritis
inflammation of the nerve
poliomyelitis
inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord due to a poliovirus.
polyneuritis
pain in several nerves at once
ridiculitis
inflammation of the root of the spinal nerve
sciatica
inflamation of the sciatic nerve chracterized by numbness and pain of the leg and thigh
