Terms to Know

Question 1

__: complete loss of sensation (usually refers to pain)

Answer 1

anesthesia

Question 2

___: abnormally decreased sensitivity to stimulation

Answer 2

hypoesthesia

Question 3

___: abnormally increased sensitivity to stimulation

Answer 3

hyperesthesia

Question 4

___: diminished sensitivity to pain

Answer 4

hypalgesia

Question 5

___: increased sensitivity to pain

Answer 5

hyperalgesia

Question 6

___: inability to recognize familiar objects by the sense of touch

Answer 6

astereognosis

Question 7

___: inability to correctly locate sensation

Answer 7

atopognosis

Question 8

___: inability to distinguish between different weights

Answer 8

abaragnosis

Question 9

___: an abnormal sensation such as numbness, prickling, burning or tingling

Answer 9

paresthesia

Question 10

____: impairment of any sensation, especially touch

Answer 10

dysesthesia

Question 11

___: loss or impairment of motor function in a body part due to lesion in the neural or muscular systems, may also include impairment of sensory function

Answer 11

paralysis

Question 12

____: paralysis of the lower half of one side of the body

Answer 12

hemiparaplegia

Question 13

___: muscular weakness or partial paralysis affecting one side of the body

Answer 13

hemiparesis

Question 14

___: pertaining to hemiparesis

Answer 14

hemiparesthesia

Question 15

___: paralysis of one side of the body

Answer 15

hemiplegia

Question 16

___: a partial paralysis of the LEs

Answer 16

paraparesis

Question 17

___: paralysis of the LEs and the lower part of the body

Answer 17

paraplegia

Question 18

___: paralysis of all four extremities

Answer 18

quadriplegia or tetraplegia

Question 19

___: paralysis of three extremities

Answer 19

triplegia

Question 20

__: paralysis in either both UEs or LEs

Answer 20

diplegia