Vocab 5 Flashcards
- Afferent
toward the center; e.g. , afferent nerves carry impulses toward the central nervous system.
Amnesia
Loss of memory
- Anencephaly
congenital condition where most of the brain and skull are absent.
- Anomalies
- an abnormal structure, often congenital
- Aphasia
loss of the ability to communicate, speak coherently, or understand speech
- Athetoid
involuntary writhing movement of limbs and body.
Atresia
blind-end to a tube; loss of the lumen.
Aura
a sensation, e.g., visual or auditory, usually preceding a seizure or migraine headache
Bifurcation
the division of a tube or vessel into two channels or branches.
Choreiform
repetitive and rapid, jerky, involuntary movement that appears to be well-coordinated; often seen in Huntington’s disease.
CLonic
consisting of rapid, alternating contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle.
Cognitive
intellectual abilities, e.g., memory, thinking, problem solving, judgment, initiative.
Coma
unconscious state; person cannot be aroused.
Contralateral
opposite side of the body.
Disorientation
mental confusion with inadequate or incorrect awareness of time, place, and person.
Efferent
moving away from the center; e.g., efferent nerve fibers carry motor impulses to muscles.
Fissure
a crack or split in the surface of skin or mucous membrane.
Flaccid
Absent of tone in the muscles
Foramina
Openings
Fulminant
rapid, severe, uncontrolled progress of a disease or infection.
Ganglion
a collection of nerve cell bodies, usually outside the central nervous system.
Gyri
a ridge or fold between two clefts on the cerebral surface in the brain.
Hyperreflexia
excessive reflex response
Infratentorial
a lesion located in the brain stem, or below the tentorium
