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PSW 168 - Final Exam Review Questions AndAnswers 100% Correct | Latest Update 2025
Cephalgia - ANSWER Pain in the head or headache
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - ANSWER Sudden lack of blood causing
oxygen deprivation and brain damage
Dyskinesias - ANSWER Movement disorders inclduing chorea, Ballismus,
athetosis, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, and tremor
Enecephaopathy - ANSWER Refers to damage, disease or dysfunction of the
brain
Anoxic encephalopathy - ANSWER brain deprived from oxygen-memory issues
Hepatic encephalopathy - ANSWER Response to liver disease
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome - ANSWER a form of dementia found with
chronic alcoholism
Epilepsy - ANSWER chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure
activity
, Febrile seizures - ANSWER Seizures that result from sudden high fevers; most
often seen in children.
Tonic-clonic seizure - ANSWER A type of seizure that features rhythmic back-
and-forth motion of an extremity and body stiffness.
Absence seizure - ANSWER seizure involving a brief loss of consciousness
without motor involvement
Grand mal seizure - ANSWER type of severe seizure with tonic-clonic
convulsion
Status epilepticus - ANSWER A condition in which seizures recur every few
minutes or last more than 30 minutes.
Petit mal - ANSWER Small bad seizures, brief periods of consciousness
Glioma - ANSWER Brain tumour from the glial tissue
Meningioma - ANSWER Benign tumor of the meninges
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - ANSWER blow to head or a penetrating head
injury that damages brain
Closed head injury - ANSWER a sharp blow to the head that does not puncture
the brain
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