Chapter 8 H (Surgery)

Question 1

Cordotomy

Answer 1

Removing part of the spinal cord

Question 2

Craniectomy

Answer 2

Removal of a part of the skull

Question 3

Craniotomy

Answer 3

Incision into the skull

Question 4

Lobectomy

Answer 4

Removal of a portion of the brain to treat certain disorders

Question 5

Lobotomy

Answer 5

Incision into the frontal lobe of the brain

Question 6

Neurectomy

Answer 6

Surgical removal of a nerve

Question 7

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 7

Suturing of a severed nerve

Question 8

Stereotaxy, stereotactic surgery

Answer 8

Destruction of deep-seated brain structures using three-dimensional coordinates to locate the structures