What is the medical term for a stroke?

What is the medical term for a stroke?

• A. Cerebrovascular Accident
• B. Cloning
• C. Urinary Tract Infection
• D. Gene Therapy

Answer: (A)

Stroke is the result of a disruption in blood flow to a part of the brain, causing brain tissue damage. The medical term for this event is cerebrovascular accident. This name reflects the involved parts—cerebro refers to the brain, vascular to the blood vessels, and accident to a sudden event. In many medical records you might also see the abbreviation CVA. The other options refer to unrelated ideas: cloning is producing genetically identical organisms; a urinary tract infection is a infection of the urinary system; gene therapy is a treatment approach that uses genes to treat disease.

Stroke is the result of a disruption in blood flow to a part of the brain, causing brain tissue damage. The medical term for this event is cerebrovascular accident. This name reflects the involved parts—cerebro refers to the brain, vascular to the blood vessels, and accident to a sudden event. In many medical records you might also see the abbreviation CVA.

The other options refer to unrelated ideas: cloning is producing genetically identical organisms; a urinary tract infection is a infection of the urinary system; gene therapy is a treatment approach that uses genes to treat disease.