Chapter 7 Flashcards
CVA is the abbreviation for what
Cerebral Vascular Accident
What is a CVA
a stroke
CVA’s cause problems with what
vision and swallowing
Vision problem associated with CVA
vision neglect
What is vision neglect
blinds you in half of you eye, depending on what side is affected (left=left)
What are the 3 manners in which a CVA occurs
- Thrombosis
- Embolism
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
What is an embolism
partial block that breaks off and becomes a block somewhere else
What does TIA stand for
Transient Ischemic Accident
What is a TIA
Mini stroke that is an initial blockage that can lead to a CVA
What is a Intracerebral hemorrhage
rupture of the artery - also known as a brain bleed
Hemiplegia
one side paralyzed
hemiparesis
one side is weak
The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for what possible problems?
Language, receptive, expressive, anomia, paraphasia, circumlocutions, neologism, jargon, agrammatism, perseverations
What is receptive
hearing
What is expressive
communication
What is anomia
lacking, naming ability
What is paraphasia
sound substations, using related words
What is neologism mean?
made up words
What is jargon?
made up and real words
What is agrammatism?
not having grammar