| Term | Definition |
|---|
| bradykinseia | slow movment |
| hyperesthesia | increased nervous sensation |
| narcolepsy | seizure of sleep |
| apraxia | movements and behavior are not puposeful |
| syncope | fainting |
| causalgia | burning pain |
| ataxia | no corordination |
| hemiparesis | slight paralysis in half the body |
| muliple sclerosis | destruction of myelin sheath:replacement by plaques of hard scar tissue |
| epilepsy | Sudden transient disturbances of brain function marked by seizures |
| myasthenia Gravis | Loss of muscle strength breakdown of acetylcholine |
| Parkinsion Disease | Dengenerative of nerves in the brain leading to tremors, shuffling gait and muscle stiffness |
| Deterioration of metal capacity | Alzheimer disease |
| Unilateral facial paralysis | bell palsy |
| myoneural | pertaing to muscle and nerves |
| burning sensation of pain | causalgia |
| gyri | elevated protions of the cerebral cortex |
| plexus | network of interlacing nerve fibers in the peripherial nervous system |
| astrocytes | glial cells |
| cauda equina | collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spainal cord |
| oligodendroglia | glial cell that produces mylin |
| medulla oblongata | lower part of brain that controls breathing, heartbeat, and size blood vessels |
Combine with other sets
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