12 Questions
What is the term for the inability to smell or identify the correct scent?
Anosmia
What is the term for the loss of vision, often due to damage to the optic nerve?
Blindness
What is the term for rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement?
Nystagmus
What is the term for the absence of pain reaction?
Analgesia
What is the term for a condition in which the muscles on one side of the face become weak or paralyzed?
Bell's Palsy
What is the term for the inability to process sensory information?
Agnosia
What is the term for a constant malalignment of the eye from its axis?
Strabismus
What is the term for a lack of coordination of voluntary movement due to sensory ataxia?
Sensory ataxia
What is the term for a severe, stabbing pain on one side of the face?
Trigeminal neuralgia
What is the term for the inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami?
Ageusia
What is the term for a decreased sensitivity to pain?
Hypoalgesia
What is the term for the absence of touch sensation or numbness?
Anesthesia
Study Notes
Sensory Disorders
- Anosmia: inability to smell or identify correct scents
- Ageusia: loss of taste functions, inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami
Visual Defects
- Blindness: loss of vision, damage to optic nerve
- Anopsias: visual defect, damage to visual pathway
- Strabismus: constant malalignment of the eye from its axis
- Nystagmus: rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement
- Absence of Corneal Reflex: may indicate deep lesion in the parietal lobe
Cranial Nerve Disorders
- Tic Douloureux (Trigeminal Neuralgia): severe, stabbing pain to one side of the face
- Bell's Palsy: condition in which muscles on one side of the face become weak or paralyzed
Muscular Disorders
- Torticollis (Wry Neck): asymmetrical head or neck position
- Asymmetric Muscle Contraction: paralysis of muscle weakness due to neck injury or torticollis
Sensory Processing Disorders
- Agnosia: inability to process sensory information
- Anesthesia: absence of touch sensation (numbness)
- Hyperesthesia: increased sensitivity to touch
- Hypoesthesia: decreased sensitivity to touch
- Paresthesia: needle-like sensation
- Analgesia: absence of pain reaction
- Hypalgesia: decreased sensitivity to pain
- Hyperalgesia: increased sensitivity to pain
Visual Defects
- Anopsia: a visual defect caused by damage to the visual pathway
Eye Abnormalities
- Strabismus: constant malalignment of the eye from its axis
- Nystagmus: rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement
Cranial Nerve Abnormalities
- Absence of corneal reflex: may indicate deep lesion in the parietal lobe
- Tic douloureux (trigeminal neuralgia): severe, stabbing pain to one side of the face
Taste and Sensory Disorders
- Ageusia: loss of taste functions of the tongue or the inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami
- Agnosia: inability to process sensory information
Muscle Weakness and Coordination Disorders
- Torticollis: asymmetrical head or neck position
- Asymmetric muscle contraction: paralysis of muscle weakness due to neck injury or torticollis
- Sensory ataxia: lack of coordination of voluntary movement
Touch and Pain Sensitivity Disorders
- Anesthesia: absence of touch sensation (numbness)
- Hypoesthesia: decreased sensitivity to touch
- Paresthesia: needle-like sensation
- Analgesia: absence of pain reaction
- Hypalgesia: decreased sensitivity to pain
- Hyperalgesia: increased sensitivity to pain
This quiz covers various neurological disorders and conditions including anosmia, blindness, anopsias, strabismus, nystagmus, and more.
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