Neurology Symptoms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• paresthesia: a burning, itching, tingling, or prickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet.
• hypersomnia: a medical term for excessive tiredness or sleepiness.
• hypertonia: a medical term for too much muscle tone
• cephalocele: a condition that arises as the brain is developing in which part of the brain and central nervous system protrude outside of the skull.
• dysphagia: the medical term for difficulty swallowing.
• dyskinesia: involuntary movements, such as twisting and writhing. tics, shaking, and tremor can also occur.
• chorea: a movement disorder that causes sudden, unintended, and uncontrollable jerky movements of the muscles in the face, arms, or legs.
• agnosia: the inability to recognize and identify objects or persons using one or more of the senses
• paralysis: an inability to move parts of the body. it may be accompanied by a loss of sensation in that part of the body.
• atrophy: the process of wasting away or deteriorating in cells, tissues, and organs.
• dysgraphia: a term used to describe a variety of challenges and disabilities related to writing.
• prosopagnosia: a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces.
• fasciculations: the medical term for twitching muscles.
• apraxia: the loss of the ability to perform skilled movements and gestures.
• dystonia:a medical term for involuntary muscle contractions or flexing. it can cause slow repetitive movements or abnormal postures that can be painful.
• hypotonia: a medical term for decreased muscle tone and can happen when the brain, spinal cord, nerves, or muscles are damaged.
• aphasia: the loss of ability to speak or understand speech.
• myotonia: an impairment in a person’s ability to relax a muscle or group of muscles.
• coma: a long, deep state of unconsciousness
• dyslexia: a learning disorder that includes difficulty reading, particularly caused by challenges relating speech sounds to letters and words.