Nervous System Disorders Flashcards
TOWARD THE CENTER; FOR EXAMPLE, AFFERENT NERVES CARRY IMPULSES TOWARD THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
AFFERENT
LOSS OF MEMORY
AMNESIA
CONGENITAL CONDITION WHERE MOST OF THE BRAIN AND SKULL ARE ABSENT
ANENCEPHALY
LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, SPEAK COHERENTLY, OR UNDERSTAND SPEECH
APHASIA
INVOLUNTARY WRITHING MOVEMENT OF LIMBS AND BODY
ATHETOID
BLIND END TO A TUBE; LOSS OF THE LUMEN
ATRESIA
A SENSATION (E.G., VISUAL OR AUDITORY), USUALLY PRECEDING A SEIZURE OR MIGRAINE HEADACHE
AURA
AREA OF THE LEFT FRONTAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN IN WHICH THE OUTPUT OF WORDS, BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL, IS COORDINATED
BROCA’S AREA
INFOLDINGS OF BLOOD VESSELS OF THE PIA MATER THAT SECRETE CSF
CHOROID PLEXUS
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY
CONTRALATERAL
DOUBLE VISION
DIPLOPIA
MOVING AWAY FROM THE CENTER; FOR EXAMPLE, EFFERENT NERVE FIBERS CARRY MOTOR IMPULSES TO MUSCLES
EFFERENT
A CRACK OR SPLIT IN THE SURFACE OF SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE
FISSURE
LACK OF TONE IN MUSCLE; WEAKNESS AND SOFTNESS
FLACCID
AN OPENING IN BONE OR MEMBRANCE
FORAMEN
RAPID, SEVERE, UNCONTROLLED PROGRESS OF A DISEASE OR INFECTION
FULMINANT
A COLLECTION OF NERVE CELL BODIES, USUALLY OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
GANGLION
BUMPS AND RIDGES ON THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
GYRUS (GYRI)
EXCESSIVE REFLEX RESPONSES
HYPERREFLEXIA
SAME SIDE OF THE BODY
IPSILATERAL
MUSCLE WEAKNESS OR MILD PARALYSIS
PARESIS
INCREASED SENSITIVITY OF THE EYES TO LIGHT
PHOTOPHOBIA
THE INITIAL PERIOD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE BEFORE ACUTE SYMPTOMS OCCUR
PRODROMAL
DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELID
PTOSIS
A DEFECT IN THE VISUAL FIELD
SCOTOMA
A STRONG INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION
SPASM
A STATE OF EXTREME LETHARGY, UNAWARENESS, AND UNRESPONSIVENESS
STUPOR
A GROOVE OR FURROW, ESPECIALLY ONE ON TEH SURFACE OF THE BRAIN
SULCUS (SULCI)
THE UPPER PART OF THE BRAIN
SUPRATENTORIAL
FIBROUS BANDS OF TISSUE THAT CONNECT THE BONES OF THE SKULL
SUTURES
AN INTEGRATION CENTER IN THE BRAIN THAT COMPREHENDS LANGUAGE, BOTH SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
WERNICKE’S AREA
