MOD A UNIT 4 VOCAB

Encephal/o

Cerebell/o

Cerebr/o

Dur/o

Mening/o, meningi/o

Rhiz/o

Myel/o

Fainting. A vasovagal attack is a form; that results from abrupt emotional stress involving the vagus nerve's effect on blood vessels.

Dizziness. Abnormal sensation of movement when there is none, either of one's self moving or of objects moving around oneself.

Motor function disorder as a result of permanent, nonprogresive brain defect or lesion caused perinatally. May include paralysis, ataxia, and athetosis.

Condition of abnormal accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brain; may or may not result in mental retardation.

Deep, prolonged unconsciousness from which the patient connot be aroused; usually the result of a head injury, neuro. disease, acute hydrocephalus, intoxication, or metabolic abnormalities.

-lepsy

Any infection or inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, most commonly due to bacterial infection, although more severe strains are vial or fungal.

Acute infection caused by the latent varicella zoster virus (chicken pox), characterized by the development of vesicular skin eruption underlying the route of cranial or spinal nerves; also called herpes zoster.

Ischemia of cerebral tissue due to an occlusion (blockage) from a thrombus or embolus, or as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Results of a stroke depend on the duration and location of the ischemia. sensory changes that last more than 24 hours. aka stroke, or brain attack.

Headache of vascular origin.

Hemi-

-plegia

Mono-

Para-

Slight paralysis of the lower limbs and trunk.

Quardri-

Measurement and record of a number of functions while the patient is asleep.

Suture of a severed nerve.

Method of pain control effected by the application of electrical impulses to the skin.