5.3 Observation and Discovery - Objective

Question 1

echoencephalography

Answer 1

procedure used to examine the brain using sound waves

Question 2

electroencephalography (EEG)

Answer 2

procedure used to examine the electrical activity of the brain

Question 3

lumbar puncture (LP)

Answer 3

inserting a needle into the lumbar region of the spine in order to collect spinal fluid, commonly called a

Question 4

cerebral angiography

Answer 4

procedure used to examine blood vessels in the brain

Question 5

magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)

Answer 5

procedure used to examine blood vessels

Question 6

myelogram

Myelo-Spinal cord
Gram- Record

Answer 6

image of the spinal cord, usually done using x-ray

Question 7

positron emission tomography (PET) scan

Answer 7

an imaging procedure that uses radiation (positrons) to produce cross sections of the brain

Question 8

transcranial Doppler sonography

Answer 8

an imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull

Question 9

transcranial Doppler sonography

Answer 9

imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through

Question 10

cerebellitis

cerebell / itis
cerebellum / infl

Answer 10

inflammation of the cerebellum

Question 11

cerebral atrophy

Cerebral- Brain
Al - pertaining to
atrophy- nourishment

Answer 11

wasting away of brain tissue

Question 12

duritis

Answer 12

inflammation of the dura

Question 13

encephalocele

encephal- brain
cele- hernia

Answer 13

hernia of the brain (normally through a defect in the skull)

Question 14

hematoma

Hemat- Blodd vessel
Oma- Tumor

Answer 14

tumorlike mass made up of blood

Question 15

cranial hematoma

cranial- Skull
hemat- blood vessel
oma- tumor

Answer 15

a hematoma beneath the skull

Question 16

epidural hematoma

epi- upon
dura-
al- pertaining to 
hemat- blood vessel 
oma- tumor

Answer 16

hematoma located on top of the dura

Question 17

intracerebral hematoma

Answer 17

a hematoma located inside the brain

Question 18

subdural hematoma

Sub- beneath
dura
hemat- blood vessel
oma- tumor

Answer 18

a hematoma located beneath the dura

Question 19

macrocephaly

Macro- large
Cephal- head
y- condition

Answer 19

abnormally large head

Question 20

microcephaly

Micro- small
cephal- head
y- condition

Answer 20

abnormally small head

Question 21

meningocele

mening
cele- hernia

Answer 21

a hernia of the meninges

Question 22

myelocele

myelo- spinal cord
cele- hernia

Answer 22

a hernia of the spinal cord

Question 23

myelomalacia

myelo- spinal cord
malacia- softening

Answer 23

abnormal softening of the spinal cord

Question 24

myelomeningocele

Myelo- Spinal cord
menings
cele- hernia

Answer 24

a hernia of the spinal cord and meninges

Question 25

neuritis neuro- nerve itis- inflammation

Answer 25

nerve inflammation

Question 26

neuroma neruo- nerve oma- tumor

Answer 26

a nerve tumor

Question 27

neurosclerosis neuro- nerve scelerosis- hardneing

Answer 27

hardening of nerves

Question 28

agnosia a- not gnosi- knowledge

Answer 28

not having knowledge

Question 29

apathy a- not pathy- suffering y- condition

Answer 29

lack of emotion

Question 30

hyperkinesia Hyper- over kinesia- movement

Answer 30

increase in muscle movement or activity

Question 31

neurasthenia

Answer 31

nerve weakness

Question 32

neuroglycopenia

Answer 32

deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity

Question 33

nystagmus

Answer 33

involuntary back and forth eye movements

Question 34

prosopagnosia

Answer 34

inability to recognize faces

Question 35

anesthesiologist

Answer 35

doctor who specializes in anesthesiology

Question 36

afferent nerve

Answer 36

nerve that carries impulses toward the central nervous system

Question 37

efferent nerve

Answer 37

nerve that carries impulses away from the central nervous system

Question 38

neurogenic

Answer 38

originating from/created by nerves

Question 39

psychiatrist

Answer 39

doctor who specializes in the treatment of the mind

Question 40

psychiatry

Answer 40

branch of medicine that focuses on the treatment of the mind

Question 41

psychogenic

Answer 41

originating in/created by the mind

Question 42

psychologist

Answer 42

doctor who specializes in the study of the mind

Question 43

psychology

Answer 43

branch of medicine that focuses on the study of the mind

Question 44

psychosomatic

Answer 44

pertaining to the relationship between the body and the mind

Question 45

diopathic

Answer 45

having no known cause or origin

Question 46

interictal

Answer 46

time between seizures

Question 47

postictal Post- after ictal- seizure

Answer 47

time after a seizure

Question 48

preictal

Answer 48

time before a seizure

Question 49

tonic

Answer 49

pertaining to muscle tone (normally weak or unresponsive)

Question 50

clonus

Answer 50

muscle spasm or twitching

Question 51

tonic-clonic seizure

Answer 51

seizure characterized by both a tonic and a clonic phase