Chapter 67 Vocab

Question 1

Agnosia

Answer 1

The loss of ability to recognize objects through a particular sensory system; may be visual, auditory, or tactile

Question 2

Aneurysm

Answer 2

A weakening or bulge in an arterial wall

Question 3

Aphasia

Answer 3

The inability to express oneself or to understand language

Question 4

Apraxia

Answer 4

The inability to perform previously learned purposeful motor acts on a voluntary basis

Question 5

Dysphagia

Answer 5

Difficulty swallowing

Question 6

Dysarthria

Answer 6

Defects of articulation due to neurologic causes

Question 7

Expressive Aphasia

Answer 7

The inability to express oneself; often associated with damage to the left frontal lobe area

Question 8

Hemianopsia

Answer 8

Blindness of half of the field of vision in one or both eyes

Question 9

Hemiparesis

Answer 9

Weakness of one side of the body, or part of it, due to an injury in the motor area of the brain

Question 10

Hemiplegia

Answer 10

Paralysis of one side of the body, or part of it, due to an injury in the motor area of the brain

Question 11

Infarction

Answer 11

Tissue necrosis in an area deprived of blood supply

Question 12

Penumbra Region

Answer 12

Area of low cerebral blood flow

Question 13

Receptive Aphasia

Answer 13

Inability to understand what someone else is saying; often associated with damage to the temporal lobe area