HLTH 354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Nystagmus, Epidural Hematoma, Meninges

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Health
• Course: HLTH 354
• Professor: Megan Corinne Hamilton Giebert

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Efferent and motor nerves carry impulses away form the cns. De nition: condition characterized by reduced muscle tone delirium deh-leer-ee-um. De nition: brief loss of mental function dementia da-men-chah. De nition: dif cultly reading word analysis a/phas/ia not/speaking/condition a/taxia no/coordination cata/ton/ia down/muscle/tone from latin, for to plow outside the furrow; perhaps translates to go off the tracks de/ment/ia down/mind/condition dys/kinesia bad/movement dys/lex/ia bad/reading/condition. De nition: condition characterized by involuntary muscle movements insomnia in-som-nee-ah. De nition: muscle twitching word analysis dys/phas/ia bad/speaking/condition dys/ton/ia bad/muscle tone/condition in/somn/ia no/sleeping/condition myo/clonus muscle/turmoil myospasm. De nition: involuntary muscle contraction myo/spasm muscle/involuntary contraction pain term cephalalgia. De nition: nerve pain word analysis cephal/algia head/pain cephalo/dynia head/pain encephal/algia brain/pain neur/algia nerve/pain neuro/dynia nerve/pain. De nition: partial paralysis on half the body hemiplegia. De nition: paralysis on half the body sensation/feeling term anosmia an-awz-mee-ah. De nition: lack of a sense of smell causalgia kaw-zal-jah.