Stroke Definitions

Question 1

Agnosia

Answer 1

Inability to process sensory information

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

Loss of ability to understand or express speech

Question 3

Apraxia

Answer 3

Inability to perform particular purposeful actions

Question 4

Clippiing

Answer 4

Clip off aneurysm in the brain to prevent it from rupturing

Question 5

Coiling

Answer 5

Insert metal coil in brain to disrupt it. NO MRI

Question 6

Dysarthria

Answer 6

Difficulty speaking due to relevant muscle weakness

Question 7

Dysphasia

Answer 7

Deficiency in generation or comprehension of speech

Question 8

Dysphagia

Answer 8

Difficulty/discomfort swallowing

Question 9

Embolic Stroke

Answer 9

Ischemic, an emboli occludes a BV in the brain

Question 10

Expressive Aphasia

Answer 10

Inability to produce language

Question 11

Hemiparesis

Answer 11

Muscle weakness on one side of the body

Question 12

Hemiplegia

Answer 12

Paralysis on one side of the body

Question 13

Homonymous Hemianopsia

Answer 13

Visual field loss on the same side of both eyes

Question 14

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Answer 14

bleeding within the brain tissue itself

Question 15

Ischemic Stroke

Answer 15

Stroke by occlusion of BV, causing ischemia in brain

Question 16

Receptive Aphasia

Answer 16

Inability to comprehend verbal language

Question 17

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Answer 17

Bleeding between the brain and its covering layers

Question 18

TIA

Answer 18

Transient Ischemic Attack, micro emboli, often precursor to ischemic stroke

Question 19

Thrombotic Stroke

Answer 19

Occlusion of cerebral BV by thrombus

Question 20

tPA

Answer 20

Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, can only be used in certain cases.