Unit 3 Definitions

Question 1

Cerebrovascular

Answer 1

Relating to the blood supply of the brain.

Question 2

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Answer 2

Medical term for stroke

Question 3

Stroke

Answer 3

Cerebrovascular accident or brain attack

Question 4

Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)

Answer 4

Mini-stroke, within a short period of time causing no permanent damage

Question 5

Ischemic stroke

Answer 5

Occurs when an artery to the brain is blocked

Question 6

Thrombus

Answer 6

Stationary blood clot along the wall of a blood vessel

Question 7

Embolus

Answer 7

Abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

Question 8

Haemorrhagic Stroke

Answer 8

Results from weak blood vessels that ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding brain

Question 9

Intracerebral haemorrhage

Answer 9

Type of hemorrhagic stroke in which bleeding in deep tissues or basal ganglia

Question 10

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)

Answer 10

Bleeding into the subarachnoid, the space between the arachnoid and the pia mater

Question 11

Aneurysm

Answer 11

Excessive localized enlargement of an artery

Question 12

Atrophy

Answer 12

Decrease in size

Question 13

Hypertrophy

Answer 13

Increase in size

Question 14

Atherosclerosis

Answer 14

Build-up plaque inside the blood vessels

Question 15

Blood Pressure

Systole

Diastole

Hypertension

Answer 15

Pressure of the blood in the circulatory system

Blood pressure during the contraction phase of the heart

Blood pressure during the relaxation phase of the heart

High blood pressure

Question 16

Hemiparesis

Answer 16

Muscular weakness on one side of the body

Question 17

Hemiplegia

Answer 17

Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body

Question 18

Flaccidity

Answer 18

Lacking in muscle tone

Question 19

Spasticity

Answer 19

Increase in muscle tone

Question 20

Tone

Answer 20

Passive contraction of the muscles

Question 21

Clonus

Answer 21

Series of involuntary contractions and relaxations