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62 Cards in this Set
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conscious
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condition of being awake and aware
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convulsion
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invol. muscle contract
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delirium
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abnormal mental state
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demetia
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progress impair of intellec. function
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focal seizure
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localized epileptic seizure
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grand mal seizure
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severe epileptic seizure
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hemiparesis
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weakness or loss of motion on one side of bdy
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of one side of body
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intrathecal
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pertaining to within meninges
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lethargy
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sluggishness
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palsy
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temp. perm. loss of ability to control mvmt
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paresthesia
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abnorm. sens of burning or tingling
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sciatica
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pain in low back that radiates down the back of the leg caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve
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syncope
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fainting
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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musc. weakness and atrophy due to degeneration of motor neurons
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cerebral aneurysm
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abnormal dilation of bld vessel
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cerebral contusion
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bruising of the brain
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cerebral palsy
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nonprogressive brain damage
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cerebrovascular accident
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stroke
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encephalocele
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congenital gap in the skull w/ brain protruding
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epidural hematoma
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mass of bld in the space outside the dura matter of the brain and spinal cord
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Guillan-BArre
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nerves lose their myelin covering
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Huntington's chorea
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nervous systme, progressive dementia w/ bizarre invol. mvmts
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hydrocephalus
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accum. of cerebrospinal fluid w/in ventricles of brain
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memingioma
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tumor in the meninges
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meningocele
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menengies protrude through opening
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MS
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inflamm disease of central nervous system
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myasthenia gravis
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disease w/ severe musc. weakness and fatique due to insufficient neurotran at synapse
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myelomeningocele
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congenital cond. in which the meninges and sp.cd protrude through an opening in the vertebral column
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narcolepsy
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extreme uncont. desire to sleep
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parkinsons
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nervous syst. w/ fine tremors, musc. weakness, ridgity, shuffling
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reye's
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acute encephalopathy and various organ damage
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shingles
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eruption of vesicles in the trunk of the body along a nerve path
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spina bifida
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defect in the walls of the sp. canal in which the laminae of the vertebra do not meet or close
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SCI
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damage to the sp. cd as a result of trauma
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subdual hematoma
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mass of bld forming beneath the dura matter if the meninges are torn by trauma
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tic douloureux
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painful cond. which trigeminal nerve is affected by pressure or degeneration
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transient ischemic
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temp interference w bld supply to the brain
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cephal
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head
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cerebell
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cerebellum
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cerebr
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cerebrum
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encephal
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brain
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gli
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glue
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mening
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meninges
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myel
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spinal cord
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narc
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stupor
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neur
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nerve
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phas
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speech
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poli
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gray matter
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pont
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pons
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radicul
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nerve root
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thalam
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thalamus
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ventricul
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ventricle
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algesia
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pain, sensitivity
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esthesia
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feeling sensation
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kinesia
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mvmt
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lepsy
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seizure
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paresis
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weakness
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phasia
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speech
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plegia
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paralysis
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sthenia
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strength
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taxia
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musc. coordination
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