Chapter 37 Vocab Flashcards
Autism spectrum disorder
A group of complex disorders of brain development
Cerebral palsy
A group of disorders characterized by poorly controlled body movement
Colostomy
Surgical procedure to create a opening between colon and surface of body
Conductive hearing loss
Hearing loss caused by a faulty transmission of sound waves
Developmental disability
Insufficient development of the brain result in some level of dysfunction or impairment
Down syndrome
A genetic chromosomal the fact that can occur doing fatal development, and that result in intellectual impairment as well
Ileostomy
Between a small intestine in the surface of the body
Intellectual disability
A subset of developmental disability characterized by significant limitations
Obesity
A complex condition in which a person has an excessive amount of body fat
Sensorineural deafness
A permanent lack of hearing caused by a lesion or damage of the inner ear
Shunts
Tuesday drain the excess, cerebral spinal fluid from the brain
Spina bifida
A development defect in which a portion of the spinal cord or meningis may protrude outside the vertebrae
Stoma
An opening through the skin and into an organ or other structure
Tracheotomy
connect to the trachea directly to the skin
Tracheostomy tube
Plastic tube placed within the tracheostomy site
