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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glascow Coma Scale | Standerdized system for assessing the d3egree of consciousness impairment in the critically ill and for predicting the duration and ultimate outcome of coma, particularly head injuries. |
| Aphasia | Abnormal neurologic condition in which the language function is defective or absent because of an injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex - Broca's area and Wernicke's area. |
| Dysarthria | Difficult poorly articulated speech that usually results from interference in control over the muscles of speech. |
| Cranial nerve I | Olfactory |
| Cranial nerve II | Optic |
| Cranial nerve III | Oculomotor |
| Cranial nerve IV | Trochlear |
| Cranial nerve V | Trigeminal |
| Cranial nerve VI | Abducens |
| Cranial nerve VII | Facial |
| Cranial nerve VIII | Acoustic/vestibulocochlear |
| Cranial nerve IX | Glossopharyngeal |
| Cranial nerve X | Vagus |
| Cranial nerve XI | Spinal Accessory |
| Cranial nerve XII | Hypoglossal |
| olfactory nerve | sense of smell |
| optic nerve | vision |
| oculomotor nerve | eye movements and pupil control |
| trochlear nerve | down and inward movement of the eye |
| Trigeminal nerve | sensations of face, scalp, teeth; chewing movements |
| abducens nerve | lateral movement of the eye |
| facial nerve | sense of tast on anterior 2/3 of tongue, contraction of muscles of facial expression |
| acoustic nerve | hearing; sense of balance |
| glossopharyngeal nerve | sensations of the throat, taste, swallowing movements, gage reflex, secretion of saliva |
| vagus nerve | snesations of throat, larynx, and thoracic and abdominal organs; swallowing; slowing of heartbeat and acceleration of peristalsis |
| spinal accessory nerve | shoulder movements and turning of head |
| hypoglossal | tongue movements |
| Paresis | A lesser degree of movement deficit from partial or incomplete paralysis |
| Flaccid | Weak, soft, and flabby; lacking all muscle tone |
| Spastic | Involuntary sudden movement or muscular contraction. |
| Fasciculations | Small, rapid, continuous twitching or muscles. |
| propriocection | sensation pertaining to spatial-position and muscular-activity stimuli originating from within the body or to te sensory receptors that those stimuli activate. |
| Unilateral neglect | condition in which the individual is perceptually unaware of and inattentive to one side of the body |
| hemianopia | defective vision or blindness in half of the visual field |
| Types of headaches | Migraines, Cluster, Tension |
| migraine drugs | Triptans - Replax(eletriptan), Axert(almotriptan), Frova(frovatriptan), Amerge(naratriptan), Maxalt(rizatriptan), Imitrex(sumatriptan), Zomig(zolmitriptan). Seratonine receptor agonists. |
| cluster drugs | narcotic analgesics |
| tension drugs | nonnarcotic analgsics - acetaminophen, propoxyphene, phenacetic, ibuprofen, and aspirin. |
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