PSY 434 Lecture 22: exam brain and behavior
14 Jan 2017
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Tumors: a mass of new and abnormal tissue. Encapsulated: a term for a tumor that has clear borders. Malignant: a type of tumor that is likely to recur and or has a poor prognosis. Medulloblastoma (primitive neuroectodermal tumor): a rare but malignant infiltrating tumor that tends to cocur in the cerebellum and brainstem early in life. Simple metastastic tumors: rare cases in which metastasis involves only one tumor at a site. Multiple metastic tumors: metastatic tumors that spread and involve multiple sites and multiple tumors. Metastic tumors: secondary tumors that form from migrated tumor tissue, typically originating in the lungs, breasts, uterus, or kidneys. Meningioma: an encapsulated tumor that grows out of and remains attached to the meninges. Cerebrovascular disorders: stroke an interruption to the blood supply to the brain often referred to as stroke. Cerebrovascular accident: a class of cerebrovascular disorders, all of which result in interruptions to the brain"s blood supply.
