Neuro - Ch 65 - Management Of Patients With Oncologic Or Degenerative Neuro Disorders

Front 1

akathisia

Back 1

restlessness, urgent need to move around, and agitation

Front 2

bradykinesthesia

Back 2

very slow voluntary movements and speech

Front 3

chorea

Back 3

rapid, jerky, involuntary, purposeless movements of the xtremities or facial mucles, including facial grimacying

Front 4

dementia

Back 4

a progressive organic mental disorder characterizezd by personality changes, confusion, disorientation, and deterioration of intellect associated with impaired memory and judgment

Front 5

dyskinesia

Back 5

impaired ability to execute voluntary movements

Front 6

dysphonia

Back 6

abnormal voice quality caused by weakness and incoordination of muscles responsible for speech

Front 7

micrographia

Back 7

small and often illegible handwriting

Front 8

neurodegenerative

Back 8

a disease, process, or condition that leads to deterioration of normal cells or function of the nervous system

Front 9

papilledema

Back 9

edema of the optic nerve

Front 10

paresthesia

Back 10

a sensation of numbness, tingling, or a "pins and needles" sensation

Front 11

radiculopathy

Back 11

disease of a spinal nerve root, often resulting in pain and extreme sensitivity to touch

Front 12

sciatica

Back 12

inflammation of the sciatic nerve root, often resulting in pain and extreme sensitivity to touch

Front 13

spondylosis

Back 13

ankylosis or stiffening or the cervical or lumbar vertebrae