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Health Assesment: Neuro
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
11/03/2010

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Agnosia
Definition
loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions
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agraphia
Definition
loss of ability to express thoughts in writing
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amnesia
Definition
loss of memory
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analgesia
Definition
loss of pain sensations
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aphasia
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loss of power of expression by speech, writing, or signs
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apraxia
Definition
loss of ability to perform purposful movements in the absnce of sensory or motor damage (ie: to use objects correctly)
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ataxia
Definition
inability to perform coordinated movements
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athelosis
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bizaree, slow, twisting, writhing movement, resembeling a snake or worm
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chorea
Definition
sudden, rapid, jerky, purposeless movement involving limbs, trunk, or face
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clonus
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rapidly alternating involuntary contracton and relaxaton of a muscle in a response to sudden stretch
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coma
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state of profound unconscious from which a person cannot be aroused
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decerebrate rigidity
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arms stiffly extended , adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended
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decorticate rigidity
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arms adducted and flexed, wrists/fingers flexed, legs extended, internally rotated
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dysarthria
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imperfect artculation of speech due to problems of muscular control resulting from central or peripheral nervous system damage
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dysphagia
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impairment of speech consisting of lack of coordination and inabilty to arrange words in their proper order
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myoclonus
Definition
rapid sudden jerk of a muscle
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proprioception
Definition
sensory function concerning body movements and position of the body in space
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