A | B |
Occlusion | Blockage |
Quadriplegia | Paralysis of all four limbs |
Plexus | Large network of nerves |
Dementia | Mental decline and deterioration |
Causalgia | Burning pain |
Pituitary gland | Master gland of brain |
Alzheimer's | Progressive memory loss |
Neuron | Individual nerve cell. |
Epilepsy | Seizures |
Herpes zoster | Adult chickenpox/shingles |
Gait | Manner of walking |
Meninges | Connective tissue surround the brain/spinal cord |
Tremor | Involuntary shaking |
Huntington's chorea | Hereditary nervous disorder |
Demyelination | Destruction of the myelin sheath |
Spina bifida | Congenital abnormality of spinal column |
Meningitis | Inflammation of the linings of the brain and spinal cord |
Sciatic | Longest nerve in the leg and thigh |
Hemiplegia | Paralysis of half the body |
Aneurysm | Widening of a blood vessel |
Syncope | Fainting spells |
Reflex | Involuntary response to something |
Dysphasia | Impairment of speech |
Bell's palsy | Paralysis of facial nerve causing drooping of face |
Myelogram | Record of the spinal cord |
Tinnitus | Ringing in the ears |
Coma | State of unconsciousness |
Romberg sign | Test to check balance, gait |
Cephalgia | Headache |
Aura | Sensation of a feeling |
Cerebrum | Largest part of the brain |
Tetanus | Lockjaw |
Stroke | Blood supply to brain is blocked |
Narcolepsy | Sleep seizures |
Glioma | Malignant brain tumor |