Medical Terminology | Chapter 10: The Nervous System

a group of disorders involving the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language

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• cerebral palsy
• Alzheimer's disease
• causalgia
• cerebrovascular accident

aka Lou Gehrig's disease; a rapidly progressive neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscle

• anxiety disorder
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• cerebral palsy
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• carotid ultrasonography

the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that causes the brain to bounce against the rigid bone of the skull

• claustrophobia
• carotid ultrasonography
• anxiety disorder
• cerebral contusion
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aka a stroke or CVA; this condition is damage to the brain that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted because a blood vessel is either blocked or has ruptured

• cerebral palsy
• cerebrovascular accident
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• anxiety disorder
• acrophobia