Nervous System Systematic Terms

Question 1

aphasia

Answer 1

affects the understanding, retrieving and formulating of meaningful and sequential elements of language as demonstrated by an inability to use or comprehend words
occurs because of a stroke, head trauma or disease

Question 2

dysphasia

Answer 2

impairment in speech production and inability to arrange words in an understandable way

Question 3

delirium

Answer 3

a state of mental confusion caused by disturbances in cerebral function;
causes can include fever, shock, and drug overdose

Question 4

dementia

Answer 4

an impairment of intellectual function characterized by memory loss, disorientation, and confusion

Question 5

neuralgia

Answer 5

pain along the course of a nerve

Question 6

paralysis

Answer 6

temporary or permanent loss of motor control

Question 7

flaccid paralysis

Answer 7

defective or absent muscle control caused by a nerve lesion

Question 8

spastic paralysis

Answer 8

stiff and awkward muscle control caused by a central nervous system disorder

Question 9

hemiparesis

Answer 9

partial paralysis of the right or left half of the body

Question 10

sciatica

Answer 10

pain that follows the pathway of the sciatic nerve caused by compression or trauma of the nerve or its roots

Question 11

convulsion

Answer 11

to pull together; type of seizure that causes a series of sudden, involuntary contractions of muscles

Question 12

paresthesia

Answer 12

abnormal sensation of numbness and tingling without objective cause