medterms

• Akinesia


  a disease symptom that causes a person to lose the ability to move their muscles on their own
• Muscles


  affected part of Akinesia
• Alzheimer's disease


  a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away (degenerate) and die.
• Alzheimer's disease


  most common cause of dementia; geriatric patients are commonly affected
• Dementia


  inability to remember; loss of memory and capability to walk
• Aphasia


  a disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. For most people, these areas are on the left side of the brain.
• left side of brain (capability to speak)

  affected part of Aphasia
• Ataxia


  a lack of muscle coordination that may affect a person's speech, eye movements, and ability to swallow, walk, and pick up objects, among other voluntary movements.
• Bell's palsy


  a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face.
• Bell's palsy


  may affect a children, teenagers, adults, geriatric patients; paralysis of the face
• Cerebral palsy


  a group of disorders that affect movement and muscle tone or posture. It's caused by damage that occurs to the immature brain as it develops, most often before birth.
• Cerebral palsy


  paralysis caused by damage to the area of the brain responsible for movement; affects muscle tone or posture; usually affects infants and children under preschool years
• Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)


  "stroke"; blood flow to a part of your brain is stopped either by a blockage or the rupture of a blood vessel.
• Coma


  a prolonged state of unconsciousness. The person is alive and looks like he or she is sleeping. However, unlike in a deep sleep, the person cannot be awakened by any stimulation, including pain.
• Concussion


  minor brain injury caused by bumping head into something
• Dementia


  a continuous decline in thinking, behavioral and social skills that disrupts a person's ability to function independently
• Dyslexia


  a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding).
• Encephalitis


  The majority of cases are caused by either a viral infection or the immune system mistakenly attacking brain tissue.
• Glioma


  "group of tumors" that arise from the glial cells

  in the brain.
• Gliomas


  usually happen in the cerebral

  hemispheres of the brain.
• Glial Cells


  are cells that support the function of the main brain cell type (neurons)
• Grand mal


  "generalized tonic-clonic seizures", involves muscle contractions, muscle rigidity, and loss of consciousness.
• Grand mal


  These seizures result from abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
• Epilepsy


  recurrent seizures
• Hemiparesis or Hemiplegia


  weakness or the inability to move on one side of the body, one-sided weakness in your arms, hands, face, chest, legs or feet.
• Grand mal


  one type of seizure; more severe than petit mal
• Huntington's chorea


  a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain.
• Huntington's chorea


  It deteriorates a person's physical and mental abilities usually during their prime working years and has no cure.
• Huntington's chorea


  lateral ventricles are enlarged in this condition
• Huntington's chorea

  
• Lethargy


  state of lack of energy, tiredness; state of fatigue
• Lou Gehrig's disease / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)


  a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
• Lou Gehrig's disease / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)


  In this disease, the motor neurons that provide voluntary movements and muscle control are usually affected.
• Meningitis


  A bacterial or viral infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord usually causes the swelling.
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)


  an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body.
• Myasthenia gravis


  characterized by weakness and rapid fatigue of any of the muscles under your voluntary control. It's caused by a breakdown in the normal communication between nerves and muscles.
• Myasthenia gravis


  the affected areas are the pathways of impulse to brain and to the specific parts
• Myelitis


  inflammation of spinal cord (bone marrow)
• Narcolepsy


  a neurological disorder that affects your ability to wake and sleep.
• narcolepsy


  People with ____________ have excessive, uncontrollable daytime sleepiness. They may also suddenly fall asleep at any time, during any type of activity.