Nervous System Disorders

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Across
  1. 4. Blood clot
  2. 6. Layman term for a CVA
  3. 8. Another term for a lumbar puncture.
  4. 12. The most severe type of seizure; violent shaking involved with loss of consciousness
  5. 13. Nerve pain
  6. 14. Inflammation of the brain.
  7. 15. Paralysis on one side of the body
  8. 17. Caused by the Herpes virus which also causes chicken pox.
  9. 18. include trembling of hands and shuffling feet.
Down
  1. 1. Surgical treatment of hydrocephalus includes placement of _______.
  2. 2. Loss of ability to speak
  3. 3. Term for difficulty swallowing.
  4. 5. Inflammation of the meninges often caused by bacterial or viral infections.
  5. 7. Brain disorder associated with abnormal electrical impulses in the brain
  6. 9. Paralysis in lower half of the body
  7. 10. Chronic degeneration of brain cells;
  8. 11. This disorder can be caused by lack of oxygen to the brain during birth or prenatal infections.
  9. 16. An EEG measures the __________ activity of the brain.