Neurological Terminology

1. Angiography is principally used to visualize

Blood vessels

Cerebrospinal fluid

Grey matter

Neuromuscular Junction

White matter

2. Dyscalculia is

An inability to read or understand numbers

An inability to write

The sensation that persons well known are actually are strangers

The sensation that strangers are actually persons well known

An inability to move the muscles required to form speech

3. Ptosis is?

Absence of the Babinski reflex

Diminished muscle stretch reflexes

Drooping of the eyelid

Enlarged pupil

Small pupil

4. Ataxia is

Impaired co-ordination

Inability to read

Inability to swallow

Inability to understand language

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5. Hemianopia is

Loss of half the visual field

Loss of sensation on one side of the body

Loss of motor co-ordination on one side of the body

Loss of self-recognition affecting only one half of the body

Loss of hearing on one side

6. Proprioception is

Heightened sensitivity to pain

Inability to feel any pain - other tactile sensations remain intact

The perception of sounds as odours

Awareness of position and movement

The ability to hold a pen above the head without falling over

7. Quadrantanopia is

Defect affecting half the visual field

Defect affecting a quarter of the visual field

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Weakness/paralysis of the upperlimbs

Weakness/paralysis of all four limbs

8. Anosmia is

Degradation of the blood-brain barrier

Loss of memory

Inability to articulate speech

Drooping of the eyelid

Loss of sense of smell

9. Dysgraphia is

A specific impairment in the ability to perform simple mathematical calculations (other cognitive abilities remain unchanged)

An inability to swallow

Weakness or paralysis of both legs

Inability to write

Slow or sustained abnormal movement of a limb

10. The neurological term for a small pupil is

Athetosis

Miosis

Mitosis

Paresis

Praxis

11. Radiculopathy is damage to/results from

Decussation of the Pyramids

Meninges

Nerve root

Spinal cord

Thalamocortical projections

12. An inability to articulate speech is

Dysaethesia

Dysarthria

Dyslexia

Dyspepsia

Dystonia

The key difference between dysathria and dysphasia/aphasia is the location of the impairment. Dysarthria is a motor condition, an impairment of the ability to control the muscles required to make the sounds necessary for speech. The understanding of language is usually intact. Dysphasia is an impairment of higher cortical processes which are required for the ability to understand language or to create language. The downstream motor processes are not affected.

Explanation

The key difference between dysathria and dysphasia/aphasia is the location of the impairment. Dysarthria is a motor condition, an impairment of the ability to control the muscles required to make the sounds necessary for speech. The understanding of language is usually intact. Dysphasia is an impairment of higher cortical processes which are required for the ability to understand language or to create language. The downstream motor processes are not affected.