Module 12

one-sided facial paralysis

Bell's Palsy

An individual who alternates between periods of deep depression and mania may have the following disorder

Bipolar disorder

The condition of being awake and alert

Conscious

anorexia nervosa

Feeding and eating disorder

localized seizure affecting a limb

Focal seizure

pyromania

Impulse control disorder

myasthenia gravis

Insufficient neurotransmitter at a synapse

Disorder characterized by exaggerated feelings of persecution

Paranoid personality

Paralysis of the lower portion of the body

Paraplegia

Medically term for abnormal sensation such as tingling or burning

Paresthesia

Shingles

Resulting from a herpes zoster virus infection of the nerve root

A patient diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder would have an abnormal sense of

Self-importance

An aura

Sensation that occurs prior to a seizure

Medical terms for fainting

Syncope

Which part of the brain serves as a center for relying impulses from the eyes, ears, and skin to the cerebrum?

Thalamus

Sulci

The valleys separating the convulsions on the surface of the cerebrum

Which part of the brain is responsible for thoughts, judgment, memory, problem-solving, and language?

cerebrum

Parkinson's disease

characterized by fine tremors Muscle rigidity and shuffling gait

paralysis of one side of the body

hemiplegia

poliomyelitis

inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord

Dementia

neurological disorder

analgesic

relieves minor pain

CVA

stroke

dopaminergic drugs

treats Parkinson's disease

cerebral angiography

x-ray imaging of the blood vessels in the brain after the injection of contrast material into an artery