Acute Hydrocephalus Correct Answers result of injury
Agnosia Correct Answers failure to recognize the form or
nature of objects
Alterations in visual acuity Correct Answers Diabetic
retinopathy
Cataracts
Glaucoma
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Correct Answers Lou
Gehrig disease
Motor neuron death
affects upper and lower motor neurons
leads to progressive weakness
Anaplasia Correct Answers loss of differentiation (within cells)
Ansomia Correct Answers loss of smell
Blepharitis Correct Answers inflammation of the eyelids
Brain Death Correct Answers Body can no longer maintain
internal homeostasis
Carcinoma in situ (CIS) Correct Answers preinvasive epithelial
malignant tumors that haven't broken through the basement
membrane
, Cerebral Death Correct Answers irreversible coma (vegetative
state)
death of cerebral hemispheres
no behavioral or environmental responses
can maintain internal homeostasis
Cerebral palsy Correct Answers static encephalopathy
non-progressive
motor dysfunction
Cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) Correct Answers aka
strokes
Thrombotic stroke (thrombi in arteries; TIAs)
Embolic stroke (moving thrombus)
Hemorrhagic stroke
Chemotherapy Correct Answers nonselective cytotoxic drugs;
target vital cell machiney/metabolic (effect both normal and
malignant cells)
Clinical Manifestations of Cancer Correct Answers Pain
Fatigue
Syndrome of cachexia (malnutrition)
Anemia
Leukopenia
Infection
Common Dyssomnias Correct Answers insomnia
restless leg syndrome
aging