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| lack of sensory-perceptual ability to recognize objects |
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| slowly progressive dementia, most common degenerative disease of the CNS |
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| disturbance of long-term memory |
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| radiography of vessels after injection of a radiopaque material |
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| any disease of blood vessels or lymphatics |
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| impaired or absent communication by speech, writing, or signs, due to dysfunction of brain centers in the dominant hemisphere |
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| inability to combine sounds to produce recognizable speech |
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| loss of voice due to disease or injury |
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| inability to execute purposeful movements |
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| inability to coordinate muscles in the execution of voluntary movements |
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| extension of the big toe and fanning of the other toes that indicates corticospinal damage |
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| hemiparalysis of the facial muscles due to CN VII damage |
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| paralysis due to hemisection of the spinal cord |
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| a morbid condition characterized by limb rigidity; subject pale, unresponsive to stimuli, pulse, respiration slow |
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| blindspots involving central vision |
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| indicated by intention tremors |
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| irregular, spasmodic, involuntary movements of the limbs or facial muscles |
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| profound unconsciousness from which one cannot be aroused |
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| the use of x-ray absorption to define density of tissues in the nervous system |
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| language problem caused by an interruption in the arcuate fasciculus connecting Wernicke's area with Broca's area resulting in pronounced impairment of repetition |
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| making up stories to produce a fluent answer |
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| injury at a point opposite to the area where the blow was received (as in the skull) |
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| blindness resulting from bilateral occipital lobe injuries |
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