Summary: Stroke

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  • The damaging or killing of brain cells starved of oxygen as a result of the blood supply to part of the brain being cut off is known as a .....

    Stroke
  • ...... is one of the most widely recognized large vessel strokes.

    middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke
  • What is a Thrombectomy?

    The excision of a blood clot from a blood vessel
  • What is Unilateral neglect?

    Weakness of the arm and leg on one side of the body
  • Inability to recognise or make proper sense of sensory information is ...

    Agnosia
  • What is a Subluxation?

    It is an incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint
  • Impaired ability to swallow is?

    Dysphagia
  • Inability to execute a planned motor act in the absence of paralysis of the muscles normally used in the performance of the act is knowns as .....

    Apraxia / dispraxia
  • Sudden neurologic deficits lasting less than 24 hours, and with full recovery is ....

    Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Lack of awareness of one side of the body and one side of the visual field

    Hemiplegia
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