Muscular Disorder/Nervous System Disorder Worksheet

Nervous System/Muscular System Disorders Name:____________

1. Define the Following Disorders
2. How are they diagnosed?
3. What is the prognosis?
4. How many people are affected with the condition?
5. What are the treatments?

• Muscular Dystrophy

• ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Myopathy

• Neuropathy

• Dystonia

• Friedreich’s Ataxia

• Guillain-Barre Syndrome

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

• Troyer Syndrome

Nervous System Disorders:

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Cerebral Palsy

• Epilepsy

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Parkinson's Disease

• Bell’s Palsy

• Huntington's Disease

• Tourette's Syndrome

• Catalepsy

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