Stroke It was a very exciting day of my life when I went to BODY World EXHIBIT on August 8, 2013. As a student of anatomy and physiology, it was very It is worth realizing that the human body is an incredible group of systems working together to maintain our homeostasis. I wanted the opportunity to concentrate since it's the first part of the body. I learned a lot of information about this center. Our brain is generally programmed for branches of nerve cells that create connections from paths, generated from one point to another, mostly to the endocrine system, either glands or messenger glands. Just like our bodies need regular exercise, our brains need challenges. As we age, we can reap many benefits from this wonderful gift. One of these is called cerebrovascular etiology/pathophysiology (stroke) Many underlying factors can contribute to a person having a stroke; these include, but are not limited to: arttherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) usually due to fat consumption, heart disease (usually), hypertension (high blood pressure), kidney disease, peripheral vascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Stroke is an abnormal condition of the blood vessels of the brain, characterized by occlusion, embolism, or hemorrhage, resulting from lack of blood supply to brain tissue (ischemia) normally perfused by the damaged vessels. Strokes (or stroke) are the most common disease of the nervous system and are ranked as the third leading cause of death in the United States, with approximately 200,000 deaths per year. According to Foundation of Nursing by Barbara Christensen/Elaine Kockrow (second edition), strokes affect people of all age groups, but the greatest number of people are between the ages of 75 and 8...... middle paper......f laugh or cry with little or no provocation. While these expressions of emotion generally match the patient's actual emotions, a more severe form of emotional blame causes patients to laugh and cry pathologically, without regard to context or emotion. Emotional lability occurs in approximately 20% of stroke patients. Cognitive deficits resulting from stroke include perceptual disturbances, speech problems, dementia, and problems with attention and memory. A person with a stroke may be unaware of their own disabilities, a condition called anosognosia. In a condition called hemispatial neglect, a patient is unable to attend to anything on the side of space opposite the damaged hemisphere. Up to 10% of all stroke patients develop seizures, most commonly within a week of the event; the severity of the stroke increases the risk of seizure.