CNS IC Flashcards
mood (what a person feels), affect (based on
visual), thought process and content
Psychiatric
level of consciousness, awareness, language,
memory, visuospatial, executive function
Cognitive
State of arousal (awake, alert, alive)
SENSORIUM
Altered mental state
Clouding consciousness
more profound deficit that includes disorientation
Confusional state
Needs stimulus
Lethargic
If no stimulus = sleeps (needs moderate stimulus)
Obtunded
Vigorous stimulus
Stuporous
Ability to sustain and comprehend one stimuli
ATTENTION
stick to one answer (same answer all over again)
Perseveration
It’s the ability to recognize writing or symbols (like numbers
or letters) traced on the skin through the sense of touch.
Graphesthesia
The ability to name an object without seeing it
Stereognosis
cannot read
Alexia
not aware of their own disability
Anosognosia
cannot comprehend sensory
Agnosia
Does not receive sensory information on one side of their
body
Hemineglect
Response to request
Receptive / Wernicke Aphasia
A disturbance in understanding or expression of words as symbols of
communication, yet sensorimotor pathways are intact
APHASIA
Pure word mutism
aphemia
isolated word finding difficulty
Anomic aphasia
-connection between
Wernicke’s and Broca’s area
Arcuate fasciculus
