Week 10

Question 1

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 1

A chronic, progressive degenerative cognitive disorder that accounts for 60% of dementias

Question 2

anesthesia

Answer 2

partial or complete loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness as a result of disease, injury, or administration of an aesthetic agent usually via injection or inhalation

Question 3

autism

Answer 3

withdrawal from communication with others, often accompanied by repetitive or primitive behaviors

Question 4

cerebral palsy

Answer 4

umbrella term for a group of non-progressive but frequently changing motor impairment syndromes secondary to lesions or anomalies of the brain arising in early stages of development

Question 5

cerebrovascular accident

Answer 5

stroke

Question 6

coma

Answer 6

A state of unconsciousness from which one cannot be aroused

Question 7

concussion

Answer 7

partial or complete loss of function as that resulting from a blow or fall

Question 8

delirum

Answer 8

an acute reversible state of disorientation and confusion

Question 9

dementia

Answer 9

A progressive irreversible decline in mental function, marked by impairment and often deficits in reasoning, judgement, abstract thought, registration, comprehension and task orientation

Question 10

encephalitis

Answer 10

inflammation of white and gray matter of the brain

Question 11

epilepsy

Answer 11

a disease marked by recurrent seizures i.e by repetitive abnormal electrical discharge in the brain

Question 12

multiple sclerosis

Answer 12

A chronic disease of CNS in which there is destruction of myelin with several regions of the brain and spinal cord at different times

Question 13

neuropathy

Answer 13

Any disease of the nerves

Question 14

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 14

A common chronic degenerative disease of CNS that produces progressive movement disorders and changes in cognition and mood

Question 15

PTSD

Answer 15

intense psychological distress marked by horrifying memories, recurring fears, and feelings of helplessness that develop after traumatic events

Question 16

psychosis

Answer 16

a mental disorder in which there is a severe loss of contact with reality

Question 17

seizure

Answer 17

a convulsion or other clinically detectable event caused by sudden discharge of electrical activity of the brain

Question 18

stroke

Answer 18

sudden loss of neurological function as a result of vascular injury to the brain

Question 19

syncope

Answer 19

transient loss of consciousness accompanied by inability to maintain upright posture

Question 20

unconscious

Answer 20

lacking in awareness of environment; insensible