Brain Injury Specialist Exam 2023: Neurological Terms and Conditions, Exams of Health sciences

Download Brain Injury Specialist Exam 2023: Neurological Terms and Conditions and more Exams Health sciences in PDF only on Docsity! Certified Brain Injury Specialist Exam 2023 anoxia - lack of oxygen hypoxia - decreased oxygen A-B-C data - A- antecedents B- behavior C- consequences collects information on what precedes and follows behavior, as well as, the unwanted behavior active treatment interaction - a relationship that increases independence. Implies directed action, teaching and a certain degree of risk taking. akathisia - inability to remain still, motor restlessness akinisia - slowness and loss of movement amygdala - "fight or flight" structure close to the hippocampus. tied to emotional memories and reactions. anosognosia - lack of awareness of deficits anxiolytics - anti-anxiety meds aphasia - expressive/receptive difficulty with speech apraxia - inability to conduct purposeful movement ataxia - impaired ability to coordinate movement axon - transmits signals from one cell body to another via synapses basal ganglia - four nerve cell clusters, handle physical movement by relaying info from cerebral cortex to brainstem and cerebellum brain stem - doesn't affect sight and smell top of spinal column in/out info and basic life functions medulla, pons and midbrain brocca's area - left frontal-temporal lobe, speech production brocca's aphasia - dysarthric (broken) speech