Quiz 1 Vocab Flashcards
Agnosia
Inability to recognize sensory inputs such as: light, sound, and touch
Apraxia
Inability to execute a voluntary motor movement despite being able to demonstrate normal muscle function
Aphasia
Inability to communicate; affects ability to speak, write and understand language both written and verbal
Ataxia
Lack of muscle coordination which may affect speech, eye movements, the ability to swallow, walking, picking up objects and other voluntary movements
Emotional labile
Rapid, often exaggerated changes in mood, where strong emotions or feelings
Hemiparesis
Unilateral paresis (weakness of the entire left or right side of the body)
Hemiplegia
Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
Homonymous hemianopsia
Visual field loss on the left or right side of the vertical midline; can affect one eye but usually affects both eyes
Asomatognosia
Neurological disorder characterized as loss of recognition or awareness of part of the body
Unilateral neglect
Atypical visual impairment in that most cases of visual impairment are the result of disruptions of low-level visual input with higher level information processing left relatively intac
Paresthesia
An abnormal sensation such as tingling, tickling, pricking, numbness or burning of a person’s skin with no apparent physical cause.
Ptosis
When the upper eyelid droops over the eye
Diplopia
Double vision
Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing
Dysarthria
Condition in which the muscles you use for speech are weak or you have difficulty controlling them resulting in slurred or slow speech that can be difficult to understand.
