Medical Terminology-CBMT Music therapy Exam 2023

Aphasia - Answer- Inability to communicate , impaired language Process Apraxia - Answer- Inability to perform motor activities despite adequate cognition and motor skills Ataxia - Answer- Lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movement , staggering gait Auto-Immunity - Answer- Immune system attacking the body Bilabial Speech sound - Answer- A sound articulated using both lips (p,b,m) Broca's Area - Answer- Area of the brain responsible for producing language and articulating speech Automatisms - Answer- The performance of actions without conscious thought or intent Contractures - Answer- Abnormally reduced joint movement due to shortened muscles Degeneration - Answer- Breakdown of tissue Dysarthria - Answer- Weak facial muscles cause speech difficulties Dyspraxia - Answer- Difficulty planning and coordinating movements expressive aphasia - Answer- output (written/verbal) problems, inability to form words Flaccidity - Answer- weakness or paralysis due to poor muscle tone Gait - Answer- Small rapid shuffle breaking into a run, risk of falling Hemiplegia - Answer- Paralysis of one side of the body Hyperactivity - Answer- State of excess activity such as fidgeting,jumpiness or excessive movement Hypokinesia - Answer- decreased movement impulsivity - Answer- Behaviour characterised by little or no forethought, reflection or consideration of consequences Kinesthetic perceptual abilities - Answer- ability to sense body position and movement of body parts as a relative to each other. Labile Affect - Answer- Uncontrollable episodes of involuntary crying and/or laughing Left Neglect - Answer- ignoring anything to the left of your body Paraplegia - Answer- Paralysis of lower extremities, legs and trunk Proprioception - Answer- the inability to sense stimuli arising within the body regarding position, motion and equilibrium. Quadriplegia - Answer- Paralysis of four limbs and trunk Receptive aphasia - Answer- Comprehension pro