Chapter 10: Nervous System

Question 1

cerebell/o

Answer 1

cerebellum

Question 2

cerebellar

Answer 2

pertaining to cerebellum

Question 3

cerebr/o

Answer 3

cerebrum

Question 4

cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 4

fluid that circulates through cerebrum and spinal cord

Question 5

dur/o

Answer 5

dura mater

Question 6

subdural hematoma

Answer 6

collection of blood under dura mater

Question 7

epidural hematoma

Answer 7

collection of blood above dura mater

Question 8

encephal/o

Answer 8

brain

Question 9

encephalitis

Answer 9

inflammation of brain

Question 10

encephalopathy

Answer 10

disease of brain

Question 11

mening/o
meningi/o

Answer 11

membranes, meninges

Question 12

meningeal

Answer 12

pertaining to meninges

Question 13

meningioma

Answer 13

benign tumor of meninges

Question 14

myelomeningocele

Answer 14

hernia of spinal cord in meninges

Question 15

my/o

Answer 15

muscle

Question 16

myoneural

Answer 16

pertaining to muscle and nerve

Question 17

myel/o

Answer 17

spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 18

myelopathy

Answer 18

disease of spinal cord

Question 19

poliomyelitis

Answer 19

inflammation of gray matter in spinal cord

Question 20

neur/o

Answer 20

nerve

Question 21

neuropathy

Answer 21

disease of nerves

Question 22

polyneuritis

Answer 22

inflammation of many nerves

Question 23

thalam/o

Answer 23

thalamus

Question 24

thalamic

Answer 24

pertaining to thalamus

Question 25

thec/o

Answer 25

sheath (refers to the meninges)

Question 26

intrathecal injection

Answer 26

injection within the meninges - chemotherapeutic drugs can be delivered into the subarachnoid space

Question 27

alges/o -algesia

Answer 27

sensitivity to pain

Question 28

analgesia

Answer 28

no sensitivity to pain

Question 29

-algia

Answer 29

pain

Question 30

neuralgia

Answer 30

nerve pain

Question 31

caus/o

Answer 31

burning

Question 32

causalgia

Answer 32

burning pain

Question 33

comat/o

Answer 33

deep sleep

Question 34

comatose

Answer 34

pertaining to deep sleep

Question 35

esthesi/o -esthesia

Answer 35

feeling, nervous sensation

Question 36

anesthesia

Answer 36

lack of normal sensation

Question 37

kines/o kinesi/o -kinesia -kinesis -kinetic

Answer 37

movement

Question 38

bradykinesia

Answer 38

slow movement

Question 39

hyperkinesis

Answer 39

excessive movement

Question 40

dyskinesia

Answer 40

abnormal movement

Question 41

akinetic

Answer 41

no movement

Question 42

-lepsy

Answer 42

seizure

Question 43

epilepsy

Answer 43

chronic disorder of seizures

Question 44

narcolepsy

Answer 44

sudden, uncontrollable compulsion to sleep

Question 45

cephalgia

Answer 45

head pain (headache)

Question 46

lex/o

Answer 46

word, phrase

Question 47

dyslexia

Answer 47

abnormal word

Question 48

-paresis

Answer 48

weakness

Question 49

hemiparesis

Answer 49

weakness in half the body

Question 50

-phasia

Answer 50

speech

Question 51

aphasia

Answer 51

difficult speech

Question 52

-plegia

Answer 52

paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)

Question 53

hemiplegia

Answer 53

paralysis in half the body

Question 54

paraplegia

Answer 54

paralysis in lower half of the body

Question 55

quadriplegia

Answer 55

paralysis in all four extremities

Question 56

-praxia

Answer 56

action

Question 57

apraxia

Answer 57

lack of action

Question 58

-sthenia

Answer 58

strength

Question 59

neurasthenia

Answer 59

lack of nerve strength

Question 60

CNS

Answer 60

central nervous system

Question 61

CSF

Answer 61

cerebrospinal fluid

Question 62

CVA

Answer 62

cerebrovascular accident

Question 63

EEG

Answer 63

electroencephalography

Question 64

LP

Answer 64

lumbar puncture

Question 65

MRI

Answer 65

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 66

MS

Answer 66

multiple sclerosis

Question 67

PCA

Answer 67

patient-controlled analgesia

Question 68

TIA

Answer 68

transient ischemic attack (temporary interference with the blood supply to brain)