Nervous System Terminology Signs and Symptoms

Question 1

analgesia

Answer 1

no sensitivity to pain

Question 2

hypalgesia

Answer 2

lower than normal sensitivity to pain (diminished sensitivity to pain)

Question 3

hyperalgesia

Answer 3

increased sensitivity to pain

Question 4

neuralgia

Answer 4

nerve pain

Question 5

trigeminal neuralgia

Answer 5

flashes of pain radiating along the course of the trigeminal nerve

Question 6

cephalgia

Answer 6

head pain (headache)

Question 7

causalgia

Answer 7

burning pain (intense burning pain following injury to a sensory nerve)

Question 8

comatose

Answer 8

pertaining to a deep sleep (coma) state of unconsciousness from which the patient cannot be aroused)

Question 9

anesthesia

Answer 9

no feeling or nervous sensation (lack of normal sensation)

Question 10

hyperesthesia

Answer 10

increased feeling or increased nervous sensation (abnormally intense sensation to a particular stimulus)

Question 11

hypesthesia

Answer 11

diminished feeling or diminished nervous sensation

Question 12

paresthesia

Answer 12

abnormal feeling (tingling, burning, and pins and needles sensation)

Question 13

bradykinesia

Answer 13

slow movement

Question 14

hyperkinesis

Answer 14

excessive movement

Question 15

dyskinesia

Answer 15

difficult movement. (impairment of the ability to perform voluntary movements)

Question 16

akinetic

Answer 16

pertaining to no movement (pertaining to loss or absence of voluntary movement)

Question 17

epilepsy

Answer 17

upon on or above seizures

Question 18

narcolepsy

Answer 18

seizures of sleep (uncontrollable compulsion to sleep)

Question 19

dyslexia

Answer 19

condition of difficulty with words (difficulty reading, writing, and learning)

Question 20

hemiparesis

Answer 20

weakness of half the body (right or left side)

Question 21

paresis

Answer 21

partial paralysis or weakness of muscles

Question 22

aphasia

Answer 22

no speech (difficulty with speech)

Question 23

motor aphasia

Answer 23

patients know what they want to say but cannot say it

Question 24

sensory aphasia

Answer 24

difficulty understanding language and may pronounce words easily but uses them incorrectly

Question 25

hemiplegia

Answer 25

paralysis (loss of the ability to move) of half the body (right or left half of the body)

Question 26

paraplegia

Answer 26

paralysis (loss of the ability to move) of the lower part of the body (both legs and the lower part of the body)

Question 27

quadriplegia

Answer 27

paralysis (loss of the ability to move) of all 4 extremities (injury is at the cervical level of the spinal cord)

Question 28

apraxia

Answer 28

no action (movements and behavior are not purposeful)

Question 29

neurasthenia

Answer 29

lack of strength in nerves, nerves without strength (nervous exhaustion and fatigue)

Question 30

syncopal

Answer 30

pertaining to cut short, pertaining to syncope

Question 31

syncope

Answer 31

fainting, temporary loss of consciousness caused by inadequate flow of blood to the brain

Question 32

ataxia

Answer 32

no order or coordination (condition of decreased coordination, persistent unsteadiness)