| A | B |
|---|
| Alzheimer disease | disease characterized by early dementia, confusion, loss of recognition of persons or familiar surroundings and impaired memory |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | progressive muscle atrophy caused by degeneration and scarrng of neurons along the lateral columns of the spinal cord that control muscles; also called Lou Gehrig disease |
| anorexia nervosa | eating disorder characterized by a disturbed perception of body image resulting in failure to maintain body weight, |
| anxiety disorder | emotional disorder characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising typically from the anticpation of unreal or imagined danger |
| ataxia | lack of muscle coordination |
| attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder | disorder of learning and behavioral problems characterized by marked inattention distractibility, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity |
| autism | spectrum of mental disorders, the features of which include onset during infancy or childhood, preoccupation with subjective mental activity, inability to interact socially and impaired communciation |
| Bell palsy | paralysis of muscles on one side of the face caused by inflammation of facial nerve |
| bipolar disorder | major psychological disorder typified by a disturbance in mood; disorder is manifested by manic and depressive episodes |
| bulimia nervosa | eating dosorder characterized by uncontrolled binge eating followed by purging |
| cerebral aneurysm | aneurysm in the thinking part of the brain |
| cerebral embolism | moving blood clot in the cerebrum |
| cerebral palsy | condition characterized by lack of muscle control and partial paralysis caused by a brain defect or lesion present at birth or shortly after |
| cerebrovascular accident | loss of blood to the brain caused by cerebral thrombus, embolism or hemorrhage |
| cognitive | pertaining to the mental processes of comprehension, judgement, memory and reason |
| coma | state of profound unconsciousness |
| computed tomography | radiation & use of computer to produce series of images of tissue of brain |
| concussion | violent jarring or shaking causing dysfunction of brain |
| conscious | awake, alert, aware of one's surrounding |
| convulsion | sudden, involuntary rapid contraction and relaxation of group of muscles |
| dementia | chronic state of confusion & disorientation |
| disorientation | a state of mental confusion as to time, place, or identity |
| dysarthria | inability to use speech that is distinct and connected because of loss of muscle control after damage to peripheral or CNS |
| efferent | away |
| epilepsy | disorder with main symptom is recurring seizures |
| evoked potential studies | group of diagnostic tests that measure change and responses in brain waves elicited by visual, auditory, or somatosensory stimuli |
| gait | a manner or style of walking |
| hydrocephalic | pertaining to increase amount of CSF in ventricles of the brain |
| hydrocephalus | increase amount of CSF in ventricles of brain cause enlargment of cranium |
| incoherent | unable to express one's thoughts or ideas in an orderly, intelligible manner |
| intracerebral hemorrhage | bleeding into the brain as a result of a ruptured blood vessel within the brain |
| lumbar puncture | insertion of needle into the subarchnoid space between L3-L4; spinal tap |
| magnetic resonance imaging | noninvasive technique for production cross-section and vertical images without radiation |
| major depression | mood disturbance characterized by feelings, of sadness, despair, discouragement, hopelessness, lack of joy altered sleep patterns, and difficulty with decision making and daily function |
| multiple sclerosis | chronic degenerative disease characterized by sclerotic patches along the brain and spinal cord |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder | disorder characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts that result in the tendency to perform repetitive acts or rituals |
| panic attack | episode of sudden onset of acute anxiety occurring unpredictable, with feelings of acute apprehension, dyspnea, dizziness, sweating and/ or chest pain |
| paraplegia | paralysis from the waist down |
| Parkinson disease | chronic degenerative disease of the CNS; resting tremors of hands and feet, shuffling gait , |
| phobia | marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable caused by the presence or anticipation of a specific situation or object |
| pica | compulsive eating of nonnutritive substances such as clay or ice |
| positron emission tomography | (PET scan) |
| posttraumatic stress disorder | disorder characterized by a chronic debilitating emotional response to a traumatic event perceived as life threatening of severe emotional stress |
| schizophrenia | any one of a large group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distortions of reality, disturbance of language and communication, withdrawal from social interaction and the disorganization and fragmenation of thought perception and emotional reaction |
| sciatica | inflammation of sciatic nerve |
| seizure | sudden, involuntary rapid contraction and relaxation of group of muscles |
| shingles | viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes blisters on the skin that follow course of affected nerve |
| shunt | tube implanted in the body to redirect the flow of a fluid |
| somatoform disorders | disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists |
| stroke | occurs when there is an interruption of blood supply to a region of the brain |
| subarachnoid hemorrhage | bleeding caused by a ruptured blood vessel just outside the brain below the arachnoid |
| syncope | fainting |
| transient ischemic attack | sudden, short deficiency of blood to brain |
| unconsciousness | state of being unaware of surroundings. |
