Flashcards
Chapter4
Flashcards do conjunto (30)
- 1ECTelectroconvulsive therapy
- 2PETpositron-emission tomography
- 3HDHuntington disease
- 4laminectomyexcision of one or more laminae of vertebrae to approach spinal cord
- 5thym/omind
- 6-paresisslight paralysis
- 7aphagiainability to use/comprehend words
- 8neuralgiapain along nerve
- 9syncopefainting
- 10Babinski signused to indicate positive spine injury (dorsiflex)
- 11psychosismental condition with distortion of reality resulting in inability to communicate or function within one's environment
- 12apathylack of interest or display of emotion
- 13craniotomyincision into skull to approach brain
- 14encephalitis/oentire brain
- 15multiple sclerosisdisease of CNS involving deterioration of myelin sheath of nerve fibers & plaques on the brain & spinal cord
- 16epilepsydisorder of CNS characterized by recurrent seizures
- 17gli/oglue
- 18gnos/oknowing
- 19hydrocephalusabnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain that cause developmental problems
- 20-astheniaweakness
- 21-maniacondition of abnormal impulse toward
- 22cata-down
- 23top/oplace
- 24tax/oorder or coordination
- 25schizoids/osplit
- 26myel/ospinal cord/bone marrow
- 27neuronsfunctional units of nervous system
- 28Frontal lobeanterior section of each cerebral hemisphere; responsible for voluntary muscle movement and personality
- 29parietal lobeportion posterior to frontal lobe; responsible for sensations such as pain, temperature and touch
- 30psych/omind