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Stroke Terms (LC)
Term | Definition |
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Alexia | Loss of ability to read to to loss of assoc. area |
Ataxia | Uncoordinated gait |
Aphasia | Lack of ability to communicate |
Apraxia | Have motor capability to do a specific movement but unable to put the steps together |
Neglect | CVA in the parietal lobe, dont recognize impaired side of body, impaired perception of vertical |
Paresis | Muscle weakness |
Dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
Dysarthria | Difficulty articulating words due to weakness of in_coordination of speech muscles |
Flaccid Dysarthria | Breathy voice |
Spastic Dysarthria | Irregular voice cutting in and out |
Kinesthesia | Ability to tell size and shape of objects by feel |
Global Aphasia | Both broca & wernicke aphasia |
Visual Agnosia | Inability to recognize familiar objects and faces |
Broca Aphasia | Loss of expressive or oral expression |
Pusher Syndrome | Actively lean & push toward affected side |
Cortical Blindness | Inability to process incoming visual info |
Motor Preservation | Involuntary persistence of the same motor response regardless of stimulation or its duration |
Thalamic Pain Syndrome | intolerable burning pain |
Wernicke Aphasia | language comprehension |