vocabulary in neurosensory testing (midterm stuff)

Question 1

anesthesia

Answer 1

complete loss of sensation (usually refers to pain)

Question 2

hypoesthesia

Answer 2

Abnormally decreased sensitivity to stimulation

Question 3

Hyperesthesia

Answer 3

Abnormally increased sensitivity to stimulation

Question 4

Hypoalgesia

Answer 4

Diminished sensitivity to pain

Question 5

Hyperalgesia

Answer 5

Increased sensitivity to pain

Question 6

Astereognosis

Answer 6

Inability to recognize familiar objects by the sense of touch

Question 7

Atopognosis

Answer 7

Inability to correctly locate sensation

Question 8

Abaragnosis

Answer 8

Inability to distinguish between different weights

Question 9

Paresthesia

Answer 9

An abnormal sensation such as numbness, prickling, burning, or tingling

Question 10

Dysesthesia

Answer 10

Impairment of any sensation, especially touch

Question 11

Paralysis

Answer 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

Question 12

Hemiparaplegia

Answer 12

Paralysis of the lower half of one side of the body

Question 13

Hemiparesis

Answer 13

Muscular weakness or partial paralysis affecting one side of the body

Question 14

Hemiparesthesia

Answer 14

Pertaining to hemiparesis

Question 15

Hemiplegia

Answer 15

Paralysis of one side of the body

Question 16

Paraparesis

Answer 16

A partial paralysis of the LEs

Question 17

Paraplegia

Answer 17

Paralysis of the LEs and the lower part of the
body

Question 18

Tetraplegia or Quadriplegia

Answer 18

Paralysis of all four extremities

Question 19

Triplegia

Answer 19

Paralysis of three extremities

Question 20

Diplegia

Answer 20

Paralysis in either both UEs or LEs