Electrophysiology

Vocabulary List

electrode

a conductor, not necessarily metallic, through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium

stretcher

A litter, usually of canvas stretched over a frame, used to transport the sick, wounded, or dead.

neuropathology

The branch of medicine concerned with diseases of the nervous system.

muscle

a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.

sleep disorders

sleep disorders are problems with sleeping, including trouble falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at the wrong times, too much sleep or abnormal behaviors during sleep.

cardiology

the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease

neurology

the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them

electricity

any phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons, ions, or other charged particles

pacemaker

an electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle

electrocardiogram

ECG a tracing of the electric currents that initiate the heartbeat, used to diagnose possible heart disorders

epilepsy

a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal)  or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)

nystagmus

a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side

dizziness

having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.

electromyography

a device for recording electric currents from an active muscle to produce an electromyogram.

electronystagmography

 A study of the recorded changes in corneoretinal potential caused by movements of the eye, used to assess nystagmus.

myopathy

any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.

mytonia

tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.

coma

a state of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused, caused by injury to the head, rupture of cerebral blood vessels, narcotics, poisons, etc

nerve

one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.

laboratory

a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations,

pathophysiology

the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome.

electrophysiology

the branch of physiology dealing with the electric phenomena associated with the body and its functions.

electroencephalography

a graphic record produced by an electroencephalograph.

speedwalk

an endless conveyor belt, moving walk, or the like used to transport standing persons from place to place.

neurologist

a physician specializing in neurology.

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