Chapter 9 Nervous System/Senses & Chapter 39 Disorders 2025-26

Fluid builds up in the eye and damages the optic nerve, a person loses their peripheral vision. ​ (a)  

• Glaucoma
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Cataracts
• Blindness

Central vision is blurred or there is a blind spot. ​ (a)  

• Age related macular degeneration
• Glaucoma
• Blindess
• Cataract

Let the person do as much as possible, identify yourself by name upon entering rooms, leaving belongings where you found them, offer to help, complete a safety check before leaving a room. ​ (a)  

• Considerations for blindness/visual-impairment
• Glaucoma
• Age-related macular degeneration
• cataract

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A clouding of the lens on the eye, surgery is the only treatment. ​ (a)  

• Cataract
• Glaucoma
• Age related macular degeneration
• considerations for blindness/visual impairment

The total or partial loss of the ability to use or understanding language. ​ (a)  

• Aphasia
• Receptive aphasia
• Expressive aphasia

Difficulty understanding language, cannot understand what is said or read, common objects may not be recognized. ​ (a)  

• Receptive aphasia
• Aphasia
• Expressive aphasia

Difficulty expressing or sending out thoughts, thinking is clear but cannot express themselves. ​ (a)  

• Expressive aphasia
• Aphasia
• Receptive aphasia

The largest section of the brain, where thought and intelligence exist. ​ (a)  

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Central Nervous System
• Brain Stem

Part of the brain that regulates and coordinates body movement. ​ (a)  

• Cerebellum
• Cerebrum
• Tendons
• Cerebral Cortex

Nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord.

​ (a)  

• Central Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System