Lesson 9- Conditions & Disorders

Question 1

Alzheimer disease

Answer 1

form of dementia, due to atrophy of cerebral cortex

Question 2

aphasia

Answer 2

specifically, loss, or defect in speech communication

Question 3

Bell’s palsy

Answer 3

paralysis of facial nerve

Question 4

concussion

Answer 4

injury resulting from violent blow or shock

Question 5

epilepsy

Answer 5

chronic disease, sudden bursts of electrical energy from brain; seizures result

Question 6

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Answer 6

acute polyneuritis with progressive muscular weakness

Question 7

migraine

Answer 7

chronic, intense, throbbing headaches

Question 8

multi infarct dementia

Answer 8

caused by chronic cerebral ischemia, result of multiple small strokes

Question 9

multiple sclerosis

Answer 9

chronic, progressive disease- loss of myelin in CNS

Question 10

narcolepsy

Answer 10

brief, uncontrolled episodes of sleep during the day

Question 11

Parkinson disease

Answer 11

originates in basal ganglia- slow movements, tremor rigidity

Question 12

tic

Answer 12

involuntary, spasmodic, recurrent, purposeless motor movements or vocalizations

Question 13

tic doulourux

Answer 13

episodes of extreme pain in area supplied by trigeminal nerve

Question 14

Tourette syndrome

Answer 14

tic disorder w intermittent motor & vocal manifestations

Question 15

transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Answer 15

sudden, brief, temporary cerebral dysfunction- interruption of blood flow to brain

Question 16

whiplash

Answer 16

cervical injury caused by rapid acceleration & deceleration