suffixes for chapter 12 Nervous System. Medical Terminology

1. Eddie Serrano
Chapter 12 Presentation

2. -phasia, speech
Broca's. These patients have an 'expressive' aphasia. Their reception is good and
therefore understand everything, however they are unable to express themselves,
their speech comes out like gibberish and doesn't make sense. This is often highly
frustrating because they know what they want to say but just can't get it out properly.

3. Expressive speech. Brocas aphasia has been described as speech difficulty in which it's hard for the patient to express what they know they
wanted to say. Coordination of movements within the mouth and of the lips which is necessary for speech to be clear has been disrupted for
what ever reason. Unlike other aphasias these patients typically do not have difficulty with understanding of verbal information.

4. -paresis
Hemiparesis is a condition that is commonly caused by either stroke or
cerebral palsy, although it can also be caused by multiple sclerosis, brain
tumors, and other diseases of the nervous system or brain.

6. -plegia, paralysis
Hemiplegia is caused by damage to
central nervous system (brain and
spinal cord): the execution orders of
movements are not transmitted to the
muscles. In addition to motor
problems, other functions can be
altered as memory or sensitivity.

7. Eddie Serrano
Presentation chapter 12