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a state of awareness of oneself, the environment, a set of responses to that environment Full consciousness TERM 2 what are alteration in arousal controlled by DEFINITION 2 reticular activating system TERM 3 loss of ability to think rapidly and clearly DEFINITION 3 confusion TERM 4 beginning of loss of consciousness, not knowing time followed by place then memory then recognition of DEFINITION 4 selfdisorientation TERM 5 limited spontaneous movement or speech, easy arousal with normal speech or touch, may or may not be orientated to time, place, person DEFINITION 5 letharagy]
mild to moderate reduction in arousal with limited response to the environment, falls asleep unless stimulated verbally or tactilely, answers questions with minimum response obtundation TERM 7 a condition of deep sleep or unresponsiveness from which the person may be aroused or caused to open eyes only by vigorous and repeated stimulation, response is often withdrawel or grabbing at stimulus DEFINITION 7 stupor TERM 8 nonverbal response to external environment or to any stimuli, noxious stimuli such as deep pain or suctioning do not yeild motor movement DEFINITION 8 coma TERM 9 three stages of coma DEFINITION 9 light coma, coma, deep coma TERM 10 associated with purposeful movement DEFINITION 10 light coma
after brain death, body can no longer maintain internal homeostasis TERM 17 death of the cerebral hemispheres exclusive of the brain stem and cerebellum DEFINITION 17 cerebral death TERM 18 eyes are suppose to turn to side that head is turned DEFINITION 18 oculocephalic reflex TERM 19 yes move together towards the insertion sight DEFINITION 19 oculovestibular TERM 20 flexion of arms, wrists, and fingers and adduction of upper extremitis DEFINITION 20 decoritate response
all 4 extremities in rigid extention with hyperpronation of forearms and plantar extension of feet decerbrate response TERM 22 a partial seizure experienced as a peculiar sensation preceding the onset of a generalized seizure that may take the form of a visual, auditory, smell sensation DEFINITION 22 aura TERM 23 early clinical manifestation such as malaise or HA or sense of depression that can occur hours or a few days b/f the onset of the seizure DEFINITION 23 prodroma TERM 24 a state of muscle contraction in which there is excessive tone DEFINITION 24 tonic phase TERM 25 a state of alternating contraction and relaxation of muscles DEFINITION 25 clonic phase
where do complex partial seizures MOSTLY occur temporal lobe TERM 32 involuntary behaviors such as chewing, lip smacking, picking motions of hands, bizarre behavior or hallucinations DEFINITION 32 autosatism TERM 33 what is characterized by autosatism DEFINITION 33 complex partial seizure TERM 34 what is another name for tonic clonic seizure DEFINITION 34 grand mal TERM 35 a type of muscle spasm or contraction in which the arms flex and legs extend DEFINITION 35 tonic clonic
seizure that does not go unnoticed, alternates bewteen contraction and relaxation, and strikes without warning tonic clonic TERM 37 what phase in tonic clonic is the person falling to the floor with breif flexion of the back followed by staring, arms are up in the air , may become cyanotic and lose bowel control DEFINITION 37 tonic TERM 38 what phase in tonic clnic is periods of muscle relaxion occur between tonic muscle contractions DEFINITION 38 clonic TERM 39 what phase in tonic-clonic is when the person lies very still with flaccid muscles DEFINITION 39 postictal TERM 40 what is and absence seizure called DEFINITION 40 petite mal
stage of intracranial pressure: is ICP may not change because of compensatory mechanisms stage 1 TERM 47 stage of intracranial pressure: confusion, restlessness, drowsiness, slight pupillary and breathing changes, subtle, transient, slight increase in bp DEFINITION 47 stage 2 TERM 48 stage of intracranial pressure: brain hypoxic, decreased arousal, neurogenic hyperventilation, widened pulse pressure, bradycardic and small sluggish pupils - rapid or deep breaths DEFINITION 48 stage 3 TERM 49 stage of intracranial pressure: brain herniates, shifts from space with high pressure to one of less pressure, ischemia, hypoxia DEFINITION 49 stage 4 TERM 50 increase in the fluid content of brain tissue after brain insult DEFINITION 50 cerebral edema
cerebral edema causes intracranial pressure to ___ rise TERM 52 after injury to vascular structure, starts at the area of the injury and spreads. causes neuro deficits, distrubances of consciousness, sever increase in ICP, can resolve by slow diffusion DEFINITION 52 vasogenic cerebral edema TERM 53 toxic substances cause failure of active trasport sstems, water follows and causes edema can increase vasogenic edema DEFINITION 53 cytotoxic cerebral edema TERM 54 vasogenic cerebral edema is when blood barriers is effected by DEFINITION 54 infection TERM 55 after cerebral infarction as brain cells die, the blood brain barriers permeability increases DEFINITION 55 ischemic cerebral edema
3 types of dysphasia expressive (cant speak words), receptive (wrong words, dont make sense, Transcortical( unable to repeat back words) TERM 62 acquired mental disorder characterized by deficits in attention and coherence of thoughts and action DEFINITION 62 acute confusional states TERM 63 progressive failure of cerebral functions that is not caused by and imparied level of conciousness DEFINITION 63 dementia TERM 64 shuffling gait with leg extended and held stiff
- unilateral injury DEFINITION 64 spastic gait TERM 65 abducted legs swing around the body and cross each other. biliateral injury DEFINITION 65 scissors gait
wide based turned outward, staggers. cerebullar dysfunction cerebellar gait TERM 67 broad-based gaits with small steps and decreased arm swing. basal ganglion and frontal lobe dysfunction respectively DEFINITION 67 basal ganglion gait and senile gait TERM 68 forgetfullness, emotion upset, disorientation, confusion, lack of concentration, decline in abstraction, bropblem solving, judgment DEFINITION 68 alzheimers disease TERM 69 big bruise on brain, specific grossly observable brain lesion DEFINITION 69 focal brain injury TERM 70 what is an example of a focal brain injury DEFINITION 70 subdural hematoma
normal part of aging, spongy interior of the disk get dry and less flexible, causes 70% to 90% of all back pain, although most have it and have no pain degenerative disk disease TERM 77 a structural defect in the vertebra, mostly in the lumbar region, causes back and limb pain DEFINITION 77 spondylolysis TERM 78 vertebra slides forward, may cause a fracture, may need surgery to stabilize DEFINITION 78 spondylolisthesis TERM 79 narrowing of the spinal canal, causes pressure on the spinal nerve or cord and can be associated with trauma or arthritis, can produce pain, tingling and numbness in legs, needs corrective surgery DEFINITION 79 spinal stenosis TERM 80 occurs when greater than 1/2 of the artery is occluded by atherosclerosis and thrombus (clot) obstructs the remaining area DEFINITION 80 large-artery arthrosclerosis
embolism that travels from the heart to the brain, can be caused by changes in cardiac structure or function, infection, childbirth, trauma, changes in structure and function of the heart most common cause cardioembolism TERM 82 small vessel occlusion, most frequent in patients, smoking, hypertension, diabetes DEFINITION 82 lacunar strokes TERM 83 transchemic attack that acts like a stroke - no permenent injury lasts from 2-24 hours DEFINITION 83 TIA TERM 84 a protrusion of the psongy inner nucleus of the disk through a tear in the fibrous capsule surrounding it, the nerve root then becomes compressed, can be painful DEFINITION 84 herniated intervertebral disk TERM 85 what is the most common primary CNS DEFINITION 85 astrocytoma
an acute ferbrile illness usually a viral origin that involves the nervous system enchepalitis TERM 92 infection that is a type of meningitis in the brain DEFINITION 92 encephalitis TERM 93 this syndrome is caused by a massive uncompensated cardiovascular response to stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system DEFINITION 93 autonmoic hyperrreflexia TERM 94 causes of brain abscess DEFINITION 94 after open trauma and neurosurgery, chronic infection, through metastac or hematogenous spread, other infection TERM 95 acquired inflammatory disease causing demyelination of the peripheral nerves with relative sparing of axons DEFINITION 95 guillan-barre syndrome
guillan-barre syndrome has ___ onset and ____motor paralysis acute, ascending TERM 97 progressive, inflammatory, demyelinating disorder of the CNS DEFINITION 97 multiple sclerosis TERM 98 what is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is also known as DEFINITION 98 lou gehrig disease TERM 99 diffusely affects upper and lower motor neurons of the cerbral cortex, brain stem, and spinal cord DEFINITION 99 ALS TERM 100 disease leads to progressive weakness leading to respiratory failure and death, patient has normal intellectual and sensory function until death DEFINITION 100 ALS
