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54 Cards in this Set
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Apraxia
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Impairment in the ability to perform purposeful acts or to properly use familiar objects
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Cephalgia
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headache
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Concussion
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Injury to the brain, as the result of a direct trauma to the head
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Encephalitis
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Inflammation of the brain
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Huntington's chorea
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Hereditary nervous disorder involving bizarre, abrupt, involuntary, dance-like movements
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Miningioma
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Slow-growing brain tumor, originating in meninges
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Neuralgia
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nerve pain
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ALS
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)- degenerative disease of the motor neurons with weakness of muscles
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CVA
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Cerebrovascular accident -- disruption in the normal blood supply to the brain -- also called a stroke
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epilepsy
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Group of neurologic disorders characterized by recurrent seizures
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Hydrocephalus
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Abnormally increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain
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Multiple sclerosis
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Demyelination of the nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord causing tremors, paralysis and speech disturbances
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Neuritis
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Inflammation of a nerve
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Quadriplegia
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Paralysis of arms, legs and trunk of the body
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Somnambulism
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Sleepwalking
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Syncope
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Fainting spell, a brief loss of consciousness
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Tic douloureux
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Also called trigeminal neuralgia -- inflammation of the trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve)causing sudden, intense, sharp pain on one side of the face
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Alzheimer's disease
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Degenerative changes in the brain structure leading to progressive memory loss, impaired thinking and personality changes
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Aura
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Sensation of a feeling or smell prior to onset of a seizure
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Cerebal Infarction
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Stroke
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Demintia
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Mental decline and deterioration
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Gait
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Manner of walking
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Hyperesthesia
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Excessive sensitivity to stimuli
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Myasthenia gravis
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Neuromuscular disorder characterized by relapsing weakness of skeletal muscles
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Occlusion
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blockage
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Paresthesia
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Abnormal sensation such as burning, tingling or numbness for no apparent reason
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Sciatica
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Inflammation of the sciatic nerve that may result in pain along the course of the nerve through the thigh and leg
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Spasticity
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Uncontrolled contractions of the skeletal muscles
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Tetanus
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Lockjaw, an acute, often fatal infection of the central nervous system
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Tourette's syndrome
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Neurological disorder marked by involuntary, spasmmodic, twitching movements; uncontrollable vocal sounds; and inappropriate words
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Amnesia
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Total or partial inability to recall past experiences
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Bell's palsy
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Paralysis of the facial nerve that caused dropping of the affected side of the face
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Cerebral Palsy
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Birth defect characterized by spasticity, athetosis, tremors, loss of muscle tone, impaired speech, vision and hearing
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Demyelination
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destruction or loss of the myelin sheath from myelinated fibers by a disease process
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glioma
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malignant brain tumor
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Meningitis
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Inflammation of the meninges of the brain or spinal cord
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Myelitis
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Inflammation of the spinal cord
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Paralysis
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Loss of power of voluntary movement
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Parkinson's disease
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Slowly progressive,degenerative, CNS disorder characterized by slowness and rigidity of movement, rhythmic muscular tremors and postural instability
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Seizure
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Also known as a convulsion -- a sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a group of muscles caused by a disturbance in brain function
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Spina bifida
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congenital defect in the spinal column due to imperfect union of the vertebral parts
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TIA
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Transient ischemic attack -- temporary interruption in the blood supply to the brain
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Tremor
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Involuntary shaking of trembling of the body or any of its parts.
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Aneurysm
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Abnormal widening of the wall of a blood vessel; can lead to hemorrhage and CVA (stroke)
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Causalgia
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Burning pain following an injury to a sensory nerve
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Coma
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State of unconsciousness from which the patient cannot be aroused
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Dysphasia
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Impairment of speech, usually a result of injury to the speech area of the brain
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Hemiplegia
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Paralysis of the right or left side of the body
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Meningocele
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Protrusion of the membrane of the brain or spinal cord through a defect
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Narcolepsy
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Uncontrollable seizures of drowsiness and/or sleep
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Paraplegia
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Paralysis of the lower half of the body (from the waist down)
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Poliomyelitis
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Also known as polio, this is a viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord that may result in paralysis.
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Shingles
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Also called herpes zoster -- adult chickenpox
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Stroke
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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted because of a blocked or ruptured vessel
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