Ch. 18

Question 1

Altered mental status

Answer 1

A significant indication of injury or illness in a patient

Question 2

Aneurysm

Answer 2

A ballooning of a weakened area within an artery wall

Question 3

Aphasia

Answer 3

Which is a communication disorder from damage to language areas in the brain

Question 4

Expressive aphasia

Answer 4

Nonfluent the patient knows exactly what he wants to say however he has trouble saying because he can’t form the right response in his brain or pick correct words

Question 5

Receptive aphasia

Answer 5

Fluent the person has difficulty understanding what you are asking or telling them

Question 6

Global aphasia

Answer 6

Which is the most severe but common after a stroke the patient cannot speak or understand

Question 7

Arteriovenous malformation

Answer 7

Is a tangle of abnormally formed blood vessels in the brain or on its surface which divert blood from the artery to the vein

Question 8

Cerebral embolism

Answer 8

When the embolus lodges in a cerebral artery and occluded it

Question 9

Thrombus

Answer 9

A clot develops at the site of occlusion

Question 10

Thrombosis

Answer 10

The process of a clot formation

Question 11

Thrombotic stroke

Answer 11

A stroke resulting from thrombus formation

Question 12

Embolus

Answer 12

A clot or other matter that has traveled from another area of the body

Question 13

Embolus stroke

Answer 13

When the embolus lodges in a cerebral artery and occluded it it is onow as cerebral embolism and results in

Question 14

Ischemic penumbra

Answer 14

The area of ischemic during the stroke where the brain cells are electrically silent from lack of atp but are still alive

Question 15

Infarct zone

Answer 15

Area of dead tissue

Question 16

Ischemic stroke

Answer 16

Stroke caused by a blockage

Question 17

Hemorrhagic stroke

Answer 17

Stroke caused by a rupture and bleeding

Question 18

Cluster headaches

Answer 18

These are headaches that occur repetitively in clusters

Question 19

Migraine headaches

Answer 19

Are thought to be caused by a spasm of vessels followed by vasodilation and change in the chemicals that transmit nervous impulses in the brain

Question 20

Vascular headaches

Answer 20

These occur because of dilation or distention or inflammation within the cranium

Question 21

Coma

Answer 21

An unconscious state in which the patient does not respond to painful stimuli

Question 22

Cryptogenic stroke

Answer 22

Defined as one that cannot be conclusively attributed to an embolism originating from the heart thrombosis in a artery or small artery disease

Question 23

Large vessel occlusion

Answer 23

Also known as an emergent large vessel occlusion elvo

Question 24

Neurologic deficit

Answer 24

When a patient loses some or all these abilities move speak feel sensations

Question 25

Non traumatic brain injury

Answer 25

Stroke

Question 26

Stroke

Answer 26

Which is a medical injury to the brain that is not related to trauma

Question 27

Organic headaches

Answer 27

Also called traction or inflammatory headaches

Question 28

Reticular activating system

Answer 28

Is not a structure but a network of nerve cells in the brain stem that constantly transmit environmental and sensory stimuli to and from the cerebrum

Question 29

Tension headaches

Answer 29

These are thought to be caused by contraction of the muscles of the neck and scalp

Question 30

Transient ischemic attack

Answer 30

Develop many of the same signs and symptoms as those who are experiencing a stroke