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Nervous System Flashcards

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Amnesia

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Loss of memory

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Amnesia

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Loss of memory

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Ataxia

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Loss of muscular coordination

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Bradykinesia

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Abnormal or slowness of motion

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Cephalgia/Cephalalgia

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Headache

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Cerebrospinal

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Pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

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Craniotomy

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Surgical openings into the skull

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Discectomy

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Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc

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Dysphasia

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Aphasia; impairment of speech

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Encephalomalacia

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Softening of the brain, often due to ischemia or infarction

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Encephalomalacia

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Softening of the brain, often due to ischemia or infarction

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Epidural

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Pertaining to above or outside the dura mater

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Epilepsy

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A brain disorder characterized by electrical-like disturbances resulting in seizures

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Hemiparesis

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Paralysis on one side of the body

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Intracranial

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Within the skull

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Intrathecal administration

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Injection into the spinal canal, or into the subarachnoid space

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Laminectomy

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Excision of the vertebral posterior arch or spinal process

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Meningitis

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Inflammation of the meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord or brain)

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Myelitis

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Inflammation of the spinal cord

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Neuralgia

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Severe or stabbing pain in the course or distribution of the nerves

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Neuritis

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Inflammation of a nerve

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Neurologist

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Physician specializing in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system

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Neurolysis

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Destruction of nerve tissue or lysis (breaking up) peri neural adhesions

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Neurorrhaphy

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Repair of severed nerve by suture, graft, or with synthetic cord

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Neurosis

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Emotional condition or disorder: anxiety is a primary characteristic

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemicals that transmit energy across a synapse

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Paranoia

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A mental disorder; often includes delusions involving persecution

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Poliomyelitis

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Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord

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Psychosis

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An abnormal condition of the mind, gross disorganization, or distortion of mental capacity

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Quadriplegia

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Paralysis of all four extremities

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Radiculitis

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Inflammation of the spinal nerve roots

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Sciatica

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Severe pain along the sciatic nerve, usually unilateral based on the nerve root affected

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Subdural

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Below the dura mater

34
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Vagotomy

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Surgical incision of the vagus nerve

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