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chapter 10 J. V.
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acrophobia | is an excessive fear of being in high places. |
| alzheirmers disease | is a group of disorders invo;ving the parts of the brain that control thought memory and language. |
| amyotropic lateral sclerosis | is a rapidly progressive neurological disease that attracks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. |
| anesthetic | is the medication used to induce anesthesia. |
| anesthetist | is a medical profesional who specializes in administring anesthesia but is not a physican for example a nurse anesthetist |
| anxiety disorders | are mental conditions characterized by ecessive, irrational dread of everyday sintuations, or fear that is out of proportion to the real danger in a situation. |
| autism | also knows as AUTISTIC DISORDERS descrice a gruop of conditions in which a young child cannot develop normal social relationships compulsively follows repetive routines and frequently has poor communication skills. |
| bells plasy | is the temporary paralysis of the seventh carnial nerve that causes paralysis only of the affected side of the face. |
| carotid ultrasonography | is an ultasound study of the carotid artery. |
| causalgia | is persistent, severe burning pain that usually follows an injury to a sensory nerve. |
| cerebral contusion | is the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that causes the brain to bounce aganist the rigid bone of the skull. |
| celebral plasy | is a condition characterized by poor muscle control, spasticity, speech defects and other neurologic deficiencies due to damage that affects the cerebrum. |
| cerebrovascular accident | this condition is damage to the brain that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted because a blood vessel is either blocked or has ruptured. |
| cervical radiculophaty | is nerve pain caused by pressure on the spinal nerve roots in the neck region. |
| claustrophobia | is an abnormal fear or being in narrow or enclosed spaces. |
| cognition | describes the mental activities associated with thiking learning and memory. |
| concussion | is a violent shaking up or jarrin of the brain. |
| cranial hematoma | is a collection of blood trapped in the tissues of the brain. |
| delirium | is an acute condition of confusion, disirientation, disorderd thinking and memory, agitation and hallucinations |
| delirium treens | is a disorder involving sudden and severe mental changes or seizures caused by abruptly stopping the use of alcohol |
| delusion | is a false personal belief that is maintained despite obious proof or evidence to the contrary. |
| dementia | is a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities including memory, thinking, and judgment that is often accompanied by personality changes. |
| dura mater | is the think, tough outermost membrane of the meninges. |
| dyslexia | also know as a DEVELOP MENTAL READING DISORDERS, is a learning disability characterized by substandard reading achievement due to the inability of the brain to process symbols. |
| echoencephalography | is the use of ultrasound imaging to diagnose a shift sound |
| electroencephalography | is the process of recording the electrical activity of the brain throuth the use of electrondes attached to the sclap. |
| encephalitis | is a an inflamamation of the brain , can be caused by a viral infection such as rabies. |
| epidural anesthesia | is a regional anesthesia produced by injecting a local anesthethic into the epidural space of the lumbar or sacral region of the spine. |
| epilepsy | is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures of varying severity. |
| factitious disorder | is a condition in which an individual acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she not really sick. |
| Guillain Barre Syndrome | also knows INFECTIOUS POLYNEURITIS, is an inflammation of rapidly worening muscle weakness that can leadto temporary paralysis. |
| hallucination | is a sensory perception.( sight, thoutch, sound, smell, or taste)experienced in the absense of an external stimulation. |
| hemorrhagic strock | also knows as BLEED occurs when a blood vessels in the brain leaks |
| hydrocephalus | is a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain. |
| hyperesthesia | is a condition of abnormal and excessive sensivity to touch, pain, or other sensory stimuli. |
| hypochondriasis | is characterized by fearing that one has a serious illness despite appropriate medical evaluation and reassurance. |
| ischemic strock | which is the most common type of stroke in older people, occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is blocked. |
| lethargy | is a lowered level of consciousness marked by listlessness, drowsiness andapathy. |
| meningitis | is an inflammation of the menges of the brain and spinal cord. |
| meningocele | is the congetial herniation of the meninges through a defect in the skull or spinal columm. |
| migraine headache | which can be preceded by a warning aura, is characterized by throbbing pain one one side of the head. |
| multiple sclerosis | is a progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation that causes demmyelination of the myelin sheath. |
| myelitis | is an inflammation of the spinal cord. |
| myelography | is a radiographic study of the spinal cord after the injection of a contrast medium trouhg a lumbar puncture. |
| narcolepsy | is a sleep disorder consisting of sudden and uncontrollable brief episodes of falling asleep during the day. |
| neurotransmitters | are chimichal substances that make it possible for messages to cross from the synpse of a neron to the target receptor. |
| obsessive-complusive dosorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors...............!!!!!! |
| panic attack | is characterized by a gruop of intestines emotional feelings that include apprehension, fearfulness and terror. |
| paresthesia | refers to a burning or panickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body. |
| parkinsons disease | is a chronic degenerative centyral nervous disoerder characterized by fine muscle tremors, rigidits and slow or shufffling gaint. |
| peripheral neurophaty | also knows as PERPHERAL NEURITIS is a disorder of the nerves that carry information to and from the brainand spinal cord. |
| posttraumatic stress disorder | may develop after an event involving actual or the threatend death or injury to the individual or someone else, during which the person felt intense fear, helplessness, or horror. |
| reyes syndrome | is a potentially serious or deadly disorder in childrenn that is characterized by vomiting and confunsion. |
| schizophrenia | is a phychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thiking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual distrubances. |
| sciatica | is inflammmation of the scitic nerve that results in pain, burning and tingling along the course of the affected sciatic nerve through the thing leg and the foot. |
| shaken baby syndrome | describes the resultsof a child being violently shaken by someone. |
| syncope | is the brief loss of consciousness caused by the decreased flow of blood to the brain |
| thrichotillomania | is a disorder characterized by repeated pulling out of ones own hair. |
| trigeminal neuralgia | is caractherized by severe lighning like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve. |
| caus/o- | burn; burning |
| concuss/o- | shaken together |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthet/o | nervous sensation |
| klept/o | to steal |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain) |
| myel/o | spinal cord and bone marrow |
| neur/i | Of or pertaining to nerves and the nervous system |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phych/o | thick |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -trophic | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| -tropic | turning |
| C0MA | is a profound state of uncoscioosness markey by the absence of spontanceous eye movements no response to painful stimuli and the lack of speech. |
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