Chapter 16 - Antiepileptic Drugs

Question 1

Absence Seizure

Answer 1

Generalized seizure that does not involve motor convulsions; also referred to as petit mal

Question 2

Anticonvulsant

Answer 2

Drug usually administered IV that stops a convulsive seizure

Question 3

Antiepileptic Drug

Answer 3

Drug usually administered orally to prevent epileptic seizures

Question 4

Atonic Seizure

Answer 4

Generalized-type seizure characterized by a sudden loss of muscle tone

Question 5

Clonic

Answer 5

Convulsive muscle contraction in which rigidity and relaxation alternate in rapid succession

Question 6

Convulsion

Answer 6

Involuntary muscle contraction that is either tonic or clonic

Question 7

Epilepsy

Answer 7

CNS Disorder characterized by uncontrollable nerve cell discharges and manifested by recurring, spontaneous seizures of any type

Question 8

Generalized Seizure

Answer 8

Seizure originating and involving both cerebral hemispheres that may be either convulsive or non-convulsive.

Question 9

Grand Mal

Answer 9

Older term for a generalized seizure characterized by full-body tonic and clonic motor convulsions

Question 10

Myoclonic

Answer 10

Generalized seizures that are usually brief and often confined to one part of the body

Question 11

Partial Seizure

Answer 11

Seizure originating in one area of the brain that may spread to other areas

Question 12

Seizures

Answer 12

Abnormal discharge of the brain neurons that causes alteration of behavior and/or motor activity

Question 13

Status Epilepticus

Answer 13

Continuous series of generalized tonic and clonic seizures, a medical emergency requiring immediate assistance

Question 14

Tonic

Answer 14

Convulsive muscle contractions characterized by sustained muscular contractions

Question 15

Tonic-Clonic

Answer 15

Generalized seizure characterized by full-body tonic and clonic motor convulsions and loss of consciousness