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Terms related to Brain Injuries

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  • Parietal Lobes

    • The part of each cerebral hemisphere primarily concerned with the perception and interpretation of sensation and movement.

  • Perseveration

    • The inappropriate persistence of a response in a current task which may have been appropriate for a former task. Perseveration may be verbal or motoric.

  • Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)

    • A long-standing condition in which the patients utters no words and does not follow commands or make any response that is meaningful. Also called MINIMUM CONSCIOUS STATE.

  • Pia

    • One of the three membranes holding the brain together.

  • Post-Concussion Syndrome

    • A group of symptoms occurring after mild head injury that may persist for days, weeks or months.

  • Post-Traumatic Amnesia (PTA)

    • The period after being unconscious when there may be confused behaviour and no continuous memory of day to day events.

  • Proprioception

    • The sensory awareness of the position of body parts with or without movement.


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