Medical Terminology - Nervous System Disorders

a disease marked by muscular weakness and atrophy with involuntary contractions and excessive reflexes; caused by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord and in the brain’s medulla and cortex

• multiple sclerosis (MS)

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Parkinson's Disease

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

unilateral paralysis of the nerves that control the facial muscles, causing one side of the face to droop

• Bell's palsy

• cerebral palsy

• epilepsy

• otitis media

abnormal, localized dilation of a blood vessel in the cerebrum

• cerebral palsy

• cerebral aneurysm

• hydrocephalus

• astigmatism

disorder that affects movement and muscle tone; caused by a defect in, or trauma to, the brain before birth

• cerebral palsy

• ischemic stroke

• Bell's palsy

• subdural hematoma

death of brain tissue that occurs when an arterial blockage or arterial rupture prevents blood flow to the brain; also called a stroke

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• multiple sclerosis

• cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

• vertigo

type of CVA that occurs when a weakened blood vessel, such as an aneurysm, ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding tissue of the brain

• hemorrhagic stroke

• ischemic stroke

• blepharitis

• tinnitus

type of CVA that occurs when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain becomes occluded but does not rupture

• hemorrhagic stroke

• ischemic stroke

• epilepsy

• cerebral palsy

central nervous system disorder in which the activity of the neural cells in the brain becomes disrupted, causing seizures,unusual sensations, repeated twitching of the limbs, often accompanied by loss of consciousness

• tinnitus

• Guillain-Barre syndrome

• Bell's palsy

• epilepsy

autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation of multiple peripheral nerves, resulting in temporary paralysis of the affected limbs; can be a side effect of vaccination

• Guillain-Barre syndrome

• otitis media

• glaucoma

• cerebral aneurysm

accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inside the ventricles of the brain, swelling around the brain that can cause brain damage if untreated

• cerebrovascular accident

• hydrocephalus

• cataract

• hyperopia