EXAM 2 Terms Flashcards
A drooping upper eyelid
Ptosis
A vision condition in which the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements. The movements often result in reduced vision and depth perception and can affect balance and coordination. these involuntary eye movements can occur side to side, up and down or in a circular pattern.
Nystagmus
Refers to your eyes ability to see things that are both close up and far away. If your pupils are non reactive it means they don’t adjust when you try to shift your focus to an object in the distance or near your face.
pupil accommodation
The feeling of sluggish and apathetic
Lethargic
Stunned or confused and slow to react ( as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
Stuporous
In a state of deep unconsciousness for a prolonged or indefinite period, especially as a result of severe injury illness.
Comatose
A neurological scale which aims to give a reliable and objective way of recording the state of a person’s consciousness for initial as well as subsequent assessment.
Glasgow Coma Scale
An abnormal posturing in which is stiff with bent arms, clenched fists, and legs held out straight. The arms are bent in toward the body and the wrists and fingers are bent and held on the chest. It is a sign of severe damage in the brain.
Decorticate posturing
An abnormal body posture that involves the arms and legs being held straight out, the toes being pointed downward, and the head and neck being arched backward. The muscles are tightened and held rigidly. This is a result of severe damage to the brain.
Decerebrate posturing
Pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation is a convenient but incomplete description of pupilomotor function.
PERRLA
A medical term for difficulty swallowing.
Dysphagia
Loss of ability to understand or express speech caused by brain damage.
Aphasia
The perception of 2 images of a single object. IT can be monocular or binocular.
Diplopia
The phrase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.
Systole
The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers fill with blood.
Diastole
Refers to the ability for self-concentration, especially of the muscles or similar active biological tissue.
Contractility
The volume of blood in milliliters ejected from the each ventricle due to the contraction of the heart muscle which compresses these ventricles. SV is the difference between end diastolic volume and end systolic volume.
Stroke volume
The amount of blood the heart pumps through the circulatory system in a minute.
Cardiac Output
A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
Electrocardiogram
A problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. The heartbeat can beat too fast, too slowly, or with an irregular rhythm.
Arrhythmia
