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| coordinates muscle responses, manages equilibrium |
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| cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) |
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| yellowish fluid in the ventricles |
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| the largest part of the brain |
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| 12 pairs of nerves coming directly from the brain |
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| meninges (dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater) |
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| 3 layers - surround the brain and spinal cord |
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| functional cells of nervous tissue |
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| nerve cord that extends down the spine |
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| transmits nerve impulses, regulates breathing rhythm |
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| cranial and spinal nerves |
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| a headache (general head pain) |
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| increased sensitivity to sensation |
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| abnormal numbness/tingling (no objective cause) |
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| loss of ability to interpret sensory information |
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| dilated blood vessel in the brain |
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| cerebral arteriosclerosis |
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| fatty brain blood vessel deposits restricting blood flow |
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| floating blood clot in the brain |
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| partial muscle paralysis - brain defect/lesion |
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| lodged blood clot in vessels supplying the brain |
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| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) |
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| disruption of brain blood supply resulting in functional loss/death (stroke) |
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| general term for decreased consciousness |
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| impairment of mental function (including memory loss) |
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| brain inflammation (bacterial/virus infection) |
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| brain disorder - recurrent seizures |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| increased volume of CSF in the ventricles |
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| meninges protrusion - skull/spinal column defect |
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| neural tube defect (from birth) - open lesion on the spine |
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| protrusion of meninges AND spinal cord through the spinal cord |
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| deterioration of the myelin sheath |
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| sudden, uncontrollable attacks of sleep |
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| paralysis from the waist down |
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| degenerative disease; tremors, rigidity, expressionless face, shuffling gait |
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| spinal cord/gray matter inflammation |
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| inflammation of many nerves at one time |
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| mental disorder - distortion of emotions, incapacity to recognize reality |
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| paralysis of all four limbs |
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| sciatic nerve inflammation |
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| spasms of all muscle groups |
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| brief losses of consciousness |
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| viral peripheral nerve infection (blisters) |
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| fainting (sudden blood flow loss) |
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| transient ischemic attack |
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| temporary loss of blood flow to a part of the brain |
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| without feeling or sensation |
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| skull incision to approach the brain |
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| electroencephalogram (EEG) |
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| aspiration of spinal fluid (CSF) in the lumbar region |
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| study and medical practice of the nervous system |
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| addresses brain disorders |
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| acute confusion (sudden change) |
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| severe (often disabling) headache - visual impairment, light/sound sensitivity, severe pain |
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