| A | B |
|---|
| aneurysm | abnormal ballooning of artery wall |
| anosognosia | unawareness or denial of deficit |
| associated reactions | automatic mvmt that occurs as a result of active mvmt of another part of the body |
| apraxia | loss of the ability to do or perform learned purposeful mvmts |
| aprosody | absence of normal variations of pitch, rhythm & stress of speech |
| ataxia | an inability to coordinate voluntary movements |
| arteriovenous malformations | abnormal vessels that grow in the brain |
| brainstem reflexes | primitive reflexes that alter posture or position of a body part |
| broca's aphasia | damage to frontal lobe which results in difficulty in expressing themselves |
| conjugate eye gaze | movement of eyes in parallel |
| cerebral infarct | death of portion of the brain |
| cortical blindness | inability to process incoming visual information even through the optic nerve is intact |
| diplopia | double vision |
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| dysarthria | difficulty forming words secondary to tongue & facial weakness |
| emotional lability | in ability to control emotions leading to crying or laughing |
| embolic stroke | blood clot that travels to small vessel in brain causing an occulsion |
| flaccid | inability to generate tension in the muscle |
| forced gaze | one or both eyes deviate and do not move in parallel |
| global aphasia | combination of expressive and receptive language deficits |
| homonymous hemianopsia | loss of temporal vision in one eye and nasal vision in the other eye |
| hypoxia | tissues are deprived of oxygen |
| hemorrhagic stroke | abnormal bleeding from rupture of a cerebral vessel |
| ischemia | decreased oxygenation to the brain tissue and results from poor blood supply |
| locked in syndrome | pt is alert & oriented but unable to move or speak |
| paresthesia | sensation of pricking, tingling, or creeping on the skin |
| pusher syndrome | patient actively pushes and leans toward their hemiplegic side |
| perseveration | persistence of verbal or motor response |
| somatognosia | lack of awareness of body structure and the relationship of structures to one another |
| spasticity | velocity dependent increase in tone resulting in a reflexive muscle contraction |
| synergy | patterns of movement that are typical of upper motor neuron disorders |
| transient ischemic attack | temporary interruption of blood supply causing loss of function that reverses within 24 hours |
| thrombus | formation of a clot in a blood vessel |
| thalamic pain syndrome | stroke results in burning pain and sensory perseveration |
| unilateral neglect | absence of perception of half of the person's environment |
| visual agnosia | inability to recognize familiar objects or people |
| wernicke's aphasia | loss of meaningful speech and loss of ability to understand spoken/written words |
