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ch 12 Flashcards

1
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amnesia

A

loss of memory, either parts or whole. caused by emotional truama or brain damage

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2
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aphasia

A

lack of ability to understand or form speech

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3
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athetosis

A

slow, involuntary, writhing of the extremeties

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4
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aura

A

premonition

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5
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dyssomnia

A

disorder of sleep wake cycle

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6
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fasiculation

A

contraction of small local muscles

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7
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gait

A

disorder of mannor of walking

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8
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hypokinesia

A

decreased normal movements

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9
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neuralgia

A

nervepain–>causalgiaifitsbruningpain

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10
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paresthesia

A

abonrmal senestaion like prickling

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11
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seizure

A

neuromascular disorder due to abnormal electrical avitvity of the brain

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12
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spamsm

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13
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tremors

A

rapid, aimless, continous momvement of skeletal muscles

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14
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vertigo

A

dizyness

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15
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ageusia

A

lack of ability to taste`

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16
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agnosia

A

lack of ability to recognize objects visually, auditarily etc

17
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anosmia

A

lack of ability to smell

18
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aprexia

A

lack of ability to use objects purposefully

19
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dyslexia

A

difficulty readong or writing

20
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neuritis

A

inflammation of the nerve

21
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poliomyelitis

A

inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord due to a poliovirus.

22
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polyneuritis

A

pain in several nerves at once

23
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ridiculitis

A

inflammation of the root of the spinal nerve

24
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sciatica

A

inflamation of the sciatic nerve chracterized by numbness and pain of the leg and thigh

25
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singles

A

reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus. causes vesicular skin eruption

26
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diplegia

A

paralysis of the same body part on `both sides of the body

27
Q

hemiparesis

A

muscleweaknessorslightparalysisoleftorrightsifeofbody

28
Q

hemiplegia

A

paralysisorleftorrightsideofboyd

29
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monoparesis

A

one limb in left or right

30
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monoplegia

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31
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pareparesis

A

lowerlegsandtrunk

32
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paraplegia

A

paralysisorlowerlimbsandtrunk

33
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quadriparxsis

A

hands, legs , trunk

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