Diseases and Conditions

Question 1

agnosia

Answer 1

inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial and other sensations

Question 2

asthenia

Answer 2

weakness, loss of strength

Question 3

ataxia

Answer 3

lack of muscle coordination and execution of voluntary movement

Question 4

closed head trauma

Answer 4

injury to head in which the dura matter is in tact

Question 5

coma

Answer 5

abnormally deep unconsciousness

Question 6

concussion

Answer 6

injury to brain with occasionally loss of consciousness

Question 7

convulsion

Answer 7

sudden and violent contraction

Question 8

dementia

Answer 8

cognitive deficit

Question 9

dyslexia

Answer 9

inability to learn and process written language

Question 10

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer 10

autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation of the PN in which the my lien sheath on the axons is destroyed resulting in decreased nerve impulses, loss of reflex

Question 11

herpes zoster

Answer 11

acute inflammatory eruption of highly painful vesicles on the trunk of the body

Question 12

Huntington chorea

Answer 12

inherited diseases of the CNS characterized by quick, involuntary movements, speech disturbances

Question 13

hydrocephalus

Answer 13

accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brian causing intracranial pressure

Question 14

lethargy

Answer 14

abnormal inactivity or lack of response to normal stimuli

Question 15

anencephaly

Answer 15

congenital deformity in which some or all of fetal brain is missing

Question 16

spina bifida

Answer 16

congenital deformity of the neural tube which fails to close during real development

Question 17

meningocele (spina bifida)

Answer 17

spinal cord develops properly but meninges protrude

Question 18

myelomeningocele (spina bifida)

Answer 18

most SEVERE form the spinal cord and meninges protrude through the spine

Question 19

occulta (spina bifida)

Answer 19

one or more vertebrae are malformed and the spinal cord is covered with a layer of skin

Question 20

palsy

Answer 20

partial paralysis and shaking or uncontrolled tremor

Question 21

bell palsy

Answer 21

facial paralysis

Question 22

cerebral palsy

Answer 22

affects movement and body position, and possibility speech

Question 23

paralysis

Answer 23

loss of voluntary motion

Question 24

parestheisa

Answer 24

sensation of numbness, pricking, sensitivity

Question 25

poliomyelitis

Answer 25

inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord caused by a virus and results in spinal and muscle deformity and paralysis

Question 26

Reye syndrome

Answer 26

acute encephalopathy and fatty infiltration of the brain, liver and possibly pancreas

Question 27

syncope

Answer 27

brief loss of consciousness and posture caused by a temporary loss of blood flow to the brian