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• Vocabulary: Affect, Amnesia, Ataxia, Autonomic, Bipolar, Choroid Plexus Affect (AF) v. To cause or produce a change in a structure. Amnesia (am-NEE-zhah) n. An abnormal blood cell case formed by localized dilation of the wall of a certain artery or vessel. Ataxia (ah-TAK-see-ah) n. Loss of the ability to coordinate muscular movement. Autonomic (aw-tuh-NOM-ik) adj. Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system. Bipolar (bye-POH-lar) adj. Having two poles or extremes; a term used in psychology to describe a mental disorder characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania. Choroid Plexus (KOR-oyd PLEK-sus) n. A network of capillaries found in the lateral ventricles and the third and fourth ventricles that secrete cerebrospinal fluid. --- • Vocabulary — continued Coma. A state of deep, often prolonged unconsciousness, usually the result of a head injury, neurologic disease, intoxication, or metabolic abnormalities. Concussion. A type of traumatic brain injury resulting from a hit to the head or body that causes the brain to move rapidly back and forth. Efferent (EF er uhnt). Pertaining to carrying away from a structure. Evoked Potential Test. A nerve r...