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STUVIA 2024/2025Chapter 13
a benign tumor of the meninges usually arising from the arachnoid mater and
occurring within the superior sagittal sinus on top of the brain - ✔✔melingioma
a brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, including convulsions and
temporary loss of consciousness - results from a suddens, uncontrolled burt of
electrical activity in the brain - ✔✔epilepsy
a chronic degenerative disease of the brain characterized by tremors, rigidity,
and shuffling gait - no known cause - ✔✔parkinson disease
a computerized scan using an injected radioactive chemical to provide a map of
blood flow within the body that can be correlated to function - ✔✔position
emission tomography
a condition that appears at birth or shortly afterwards - partial muscular
paralysis that persists throughout life and is caused by a brain lesion present at
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birth or a brain defect that arose during development - no treatment or cure -
✔✔cerebral palsy
a developmental disorder that varies in its severity with the patient,
characterized by withdrawal from outward realty and impaired development in
social conduct and communication - ✔✔autism
a diagnostic procedure that records electrical impulses of the brain to measure
brain activity - ✔✔electroencephalography (EEG)
a diagnostic procedure that reveals blood flow to the brain by X-ray photography
- ✔✔cerebral angiography
a disease characterized by the deterioration of the myelin sheath covering axons
within the brain - progressive disease with no known cause, diagnosed by
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episodes of localized functional loses that eventually lead to paralysis an death -
believed to be an autoimmune disease - ✔✔multiple sclerosis (MS)
a disease characterized by the progressive atrophy of muscle caused by
hardening of nervous tissue on the lateral columns of the spinal cord - also
known as Lou Gehrig Disease - ✔✔Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
a general term describing several levels of abnormally decreased consciousness
- ✔✔coma
a general term for a mental or emotional disorder - ✔✔psychopathy
a general type of treatment to manage neurological disorders - includes anti
anxiety mediation, anticonvulsants, antipyretics (effective against fear),
antidepressants, antipsychotics, tranquilizers and sedatives - ✔✔effectual drug
therapy
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a group of diagnostic tests that measure changes in brain waves during
particular stimuli to determine brain function - evaluates sight, hearing, and
other senses - ✔✔evoked potential studies (EP Studies)
a moving blood clot in an artery of the brain - ✔✔cerebral embolism
a neoplasm (tumor) of glial cells - ✔✔glioma
a person experiencing persistent delusions of persecution resulting in mistrust
and combativeness - ✔✔paranoia
a procedure involving the use of a computed to interpret a series of X-ray images
and construct from them a 3D view of the brain - ✔✔computed tomography (CT
scan)
a protrusion of the meninges, usually caused by a birth defect in the skull or
spinal column - ✔✔meningocele
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