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Nervous System Terminology
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
03/12/2012
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ataxia
 Definition
failure of muscular coordination; irregularity of muscular action
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aura
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a subjective sensation or motor phenomenon that precedes and marks the onset of a neurological condition, particularly an epileptic seizure
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autonomic dysreflexia
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a syndrome affecting persons with a spinal cord lesion above the midthoracic level that is characterized by hypertension, bradycardia, severe headaches, pallor below and flushing above the cord lesions, and convulsions. It is the result of impaired function of the autonomic nervous system caused by simultaneous sympathetic and parasympathetic activity.
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bradykinesia
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abnormal slowness of movement
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cephalgia
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headache
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clonic phase
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