Unit 9 Nervous/Sensory System

Question 1

Embolus

Answer 1

A traveling clot, fat, bacteria, or tissue debris that lodges in a vessel, occluding it.

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

Difficulty or inability to speak or understand .

Question 3

Bradykinesia

Answer 3

A condition that causes slow movements and speech.

Question 4

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Answer 4

Loss is caused by a disorder of the hearing nerve. Apron 80% of hearing loss is due to this form of loss.

Question 5

Conductive Hearing Loss

Answer 5

Is caused by a problem transmitting sound impulses through the auditory canal, the tympanic membrane, or the bones of the middle ear.

Question 6

Hemoplegia

Answer 6

Paralysis on on side of the body.

Question 7

Hemiparesis

Answer 7

Weakness on one side of the body.

Question 8

Paresis

Answer 8

A condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease

Question 9

Flaccid

Answer 9

Of part of the body that are stiff or not firm.

Question 10

Paralysis

Answer 10

Loss of voluntary movement (motor function).

Question 11

Akinesia

Answer 11

Loo of ability to move your muscles voluntarily.

Question 12

Hemorrhagic

Answer 12

Bleeding or the abnormal flow of bleed

Question 13

Central Hearing Loss

Answer 13

Is caused by lesion in the central auditory pathway or the auditory cortex.

Question 14

Functional Hearing Loss

Answer 14

Hearing impairment associated with aging and changed in the inner ear.

Question 15

Diabetic Retinopathy

Answer 15

Diabetes complication that effects the eyes. Caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light sensitive tissue of the retina.

Question 16

Retinal Holes/Tears

Answer 16

Small breaks in the retina, this doesn’t cause problems right always but fluid can build up causing the retina to detach.