Vocabulary- Ect 653 (Low Incidence)

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affect

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frontal lobe; observable emotional condition of an individual at any given time

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Agraphia

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Parietal lobe; inability to express thoughts in writing.

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Alexia

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Parietal lobe; Inability to read

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Anoxia

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A lack of oxygen; low oxygen in blood that causes brain cells to become damaged

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Aphasia

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Frontal and parietal lobe; damage to brain cells

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Aphasia

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Loss of the ability to express oneself and/or to understand langauage;

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Ataxia

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Lesion of the cerebellum or basal ganglia

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Ataxia

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Interfere with walking, talking, eatting, and to perfrom other self care task; not related to araxia- weakness or sensory loss

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Atrophy

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wasting away in size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part of the body from lack of nurishment, inactivity or loss of nerve supply

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Brain Injury, Acquired

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Normal growth and development from conception to birth; insult later in time that caused impairment to brain function

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Brain Injury, Tramatic

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Insufficient blood supply from toxic substances, malignancy, disease-producing organisms, congential disorders, birth truama or degenerative process

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Cerebellum

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Coordinate movement; damage may result in ataxia

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty in oral preparation for the swallow or moving material from the mouth to the stomach; problems positing food in the mouth

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Flaccid

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Lacking normal muscle tone; limp

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Frontal Lobe

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Planning, organzing, problem solving, selective attention, and higher cognitive functions

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Hydrocephalus

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Not due to brain atrophy; enlargment of fluid-filled cavities in the brain

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Kinesthesia

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Sensory awarness of body parts as they move

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Lability

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state of having notable shifts in emotional state

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Occipital Lobe

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Damage to this lobe can cause visual deficits; which processes visual information

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Perseveration

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May be verbal or motoric; inappropriate persistence of a response in a current task which may have been appropriate for a former task

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Shunt

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Draw off excessive fluid in the brain; surgically placed tube running from the ventricles inton the abdominal cavity, heart, or large veins in the neck

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Temporal lobes

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Tell one smell from another and one sound from another; sorting new information and responsible for short-term memory

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Temporal Lobes

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Right lobe- mainly involved in visual memory ( for pictures and faces)

Left Lobe- Mainly involved in verbal memory ( memory for words and names)

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Tactile Defensiveness

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Being overly sensitive to touch; withdrawing, crying, yelling, or striking when one is touched

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acute

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sharp or severe in effect; serious, crucial, or critical

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ambulatory

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capable of walking; not confined to a bed

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anoxia

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abnormally low amount oxygen in the body tissues

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antibody

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conbine with aq foreign antigen- virus or bacterium

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antigen

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stimulate the production of antibodies

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arthritis

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acute or chronic inflammation of a joint; crystal deposition or injury

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articular

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pertaining to joints

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asphyxia

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suffocaiton; extreme lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood

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atonia

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lack of tone or energy; musuclar weakness esp. in a contractile organ

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brain steam

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control relflexed (internal) breahting, heart beat, and respiration

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cerebellum

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large portion of the brain; coordinate voluntary movements, posture, and balance in humans

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cerebrospinal fluid

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fluid in the ventricles between the arachnoid and pia mater

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chemotherapy

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destroy cancerous tissue; treatment of disease by treatment of disease by chemical

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chronic renal failure

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renal failure from a variety of systemic disorders

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cornea

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covers iris and pupil; transparent anteior part of the external coat of eye

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dislocation

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state of being dislocated

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distention

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state of being distented

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dorsal

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back of dorsum; upper side of the body; posterir

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electrolye

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sodium; potassium; or choride required by cells and flow of water molecules across the cell membrane

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esotropia

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one or both eyes deviates inward; form of strabismus; visual axes converge

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pelvis

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sacrum; bones from cavity of the lower part of the trunk

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perinatal

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from 20th week of gestations to 28th day of newborn life

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plasma

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liquid part of blood or lymph

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pneumonia

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inflammation of the lungs with conjestion

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postnatal

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subsequent to birth

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prenatal

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prvious to birth or to giving birth

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prognosis

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forecasting the probable course and outcome of a disease; chances of recovery

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prosthesis

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substitution; external; missing or defective part of the body

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relapse

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to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc...

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remission

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release

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sclera

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bibrous membrane with the cornea forms the external covering of the eyeball

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teratogenic

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causes birth defects or interfers with the develop of a fetus- drug or other substance

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hemarthrosis

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accumulation of blood in the joints or joint cavities

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hemianopsia

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partial blindness in half of the visual field

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hypoxia

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inadequate oxygenation of the blood

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metastasis

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transfer of disease producing organisms of malignant or cancerous cells to toher parts of the body by the blood

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neonate

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first 28 days; a newborn child

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orthopedics

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prevention or correction of injuries of disorder of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, or ligaments

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febrile

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marked by fever, feverish

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fetus

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body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind

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exotrpia

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form of stabismus in which one or both eyes turn outward

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fracture

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breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like

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glaucoma

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abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye; blockage of the channel thoug which aqueous humor drains

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hearing loss

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partial or complete loss of hearing

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incontinent

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uanble to restrain natural discharges of urine or feces

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intracranial

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occurring within the skull

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intracranial hemorrhage

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escape of blood within the cranium due to loss of inegrity of vascular channel, frequently leads to formation of a hematoma

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intruterine

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occurring within the uterus

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lazy eye

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deviating eye in strabismus; amblyopic eye

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leukemia

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imparied blood clotting; cnacer of bone marrow prevent normal manufacture of red and white bolld cells and platelets result in anemia

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ligament

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bond of tisssue, wusally white and fiborous, connect bones & hold organs

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malignant

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cause harm suffering or distress, uncontrolled growth and metastatic

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musculoskelatal system

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system of muscles and tendons adn ligaments; lympathic vesssels and bones, adn joints that move the body and maintain its form

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myelin

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fatty material that encloses certain axons and nerve fibers- medulla

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myelination

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formation of myelin sheath

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pathological

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caused by involving disease; morbid

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pathology

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study of the origin, nature, and couse of diseases