Neuro Terms - Unit 3

Question 1

Brocca’s Area and Wernick’s Area - what do they do?

Answer 1

Speech

Question 2

Ipsilateral - def

Answer 2

Same side of body.

Question 3

Circle of Willis - what is it?

Answer 3

It’s that circle in the brain - of arteries and such.

Question 4

Proprioception - def

Answer 4

sense of how body is positioned.

Question 5

Aphasia (receptive and expressive) - def

Answer 5

receptive - can’t understand what’s being said.

Expressive - can’t say what they want to say.

Question 6

Dysphasia - difficult walking. T/F?

Answer 6

Nope, it’s difficulty swallowing.

Question 7

Obtunded - def

Answer 7

less than full alterness.

Question 8

Stuporous - reduced sensibility. T/F?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Homonymous hemianoposis - def

Answer 9

loss of vision of half of eye on both sides.

Question 10

Diplopia - def

Answer 10

double vision.

Question 11

Ptosis - def

Answer 11

drooping of upper eye

Question 12

Miosis - def

Answer 12

contraction of pupil

Question 13

Rhinorrhea - def

Answer 13

runny nose

Question 14

Ottorhea - def

Answer 14

ear drainage.

Question 15

Apraxia - def

Answer 15

problems with motor function.

Question 16

Agnosia - def

Answer 16

can’t process sensory info.

Question 17

Herniation - def

Answer 17

pressure that moves tissue.