Describe amnesia and the different types and their symptoms
What will be an ideal response?
Amnesia is partial or total loss of long-term memory due to trauma or disease of the hippocampus. The patient is said to be amnestic. In retrograde amnesia, no events before the onset of the amnesia can be recalled. In anterograde amnesia, no events after the onset of the amnesia can be recalled. In global amnesia, all memories are lost.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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A) ?esotropia B) ?astigmatism C) nystagmus? D) ?strabismus
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A) ?faulty diagnoses B) ?excessive exposure to the sun C) ?lack of physical activity D) ?lack of income E) ?excessive exposure to carcinogens
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A) leukemia. B) breast cancer. C) cervical cancer. D) inherited mutations.