Last second terms

Question 1

hemiplegia

Answer 1

paralysis one side of body

Question 2

hemiparesis

Answer 2

weakness one side of body

Question 3

homonymous

Answer 3

visual field loss on the same side of both eyes.

Question 4

hemianopsia

Answer 4

a decreased vision or blindness (anopsia) in half the visual field, usually on one side of the vertical midline

Question 5

apraxia

Answer 5

decrease in learned movements

Question 6

Horners syndrome

Answer 6

a condition marked by a contracted pupil, drooping upper eyelid, and local inability to sweat on one side of the face, caused by damage to sympathetic nerves on that side of the neck.

Question 7

Agnosia

Answer 7

decrease in sensory interpretation

Question 8

Aphasia

Answer 8

impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write

NOTE associated with left sided CVA

Question 9

dysarthria

Answer 9

difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.

Question 10

epitaxis

Answer 10

bleeding from the nose

Question 11

polycythymia

Answer 11

an abnormally increased concentration of hemoglobin in the blood

Question 12

ataxia

Answer 12

the loss of full control of bodily movements.