Match each disorder with its corresponding definition.
-Degenerative disease that affects memory; it generally develops during the middle to late adult years, causing characteristic lesions in the cortex
A)Alzheimer disease
B)Cerebrovascular accident
C)Epilepsy
D)Huntington disease
E)Spastic paralysis
F)Hemiplegia
G)Paraplegia
H)Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease that affects memory and generally develops during the middle to late adult years, causing characteristic lesions in the cortex.

Answer: B
 Cerebrovascular accident, also known as a stroke, is a sudden interruption of blood flow to the brain, leading to tissue death and neurological deficits.

Answer: C
 Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, which are caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

Answer: D
 Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that leads to progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the brain, resulting in neurological and movement-related symptoms.

Answer: H
 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare degenerative brain disorder that leads to rapid and progressively worsening dementia, muscle weakness, and other neurological symptoms.

The other options, spastic paralysis, hemiplegia, and paraplegia, are not related to the disorders described in the prompt.

Match Each Disorder with Its Corresponding Definition