Chapter 13 - The Nervous System and Mental Health

Question 1

Cephal/o

Answer 1

head

Question 2

Cerebell/o

Answer 2

cerebellum, little head

Question 3

Cerebr/o

Answer 3

brain, cerebrum

Question 4

Crani/o

Answer 4

skull, cranium

Question 5

Encephal/o

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

Gangli/o

Answer 6

swelling, knot

Question 7

Mening/i, Mening/o

Answer 7

membrane

Question 8

Myel/o

Answer 8

Spinal Cord, Medulla, Myelin

Question 9

Neur/o

Answer 9

Nerve

Question 10

Phren/o, Psych/o

Answer 10

Mind

Question 11

Radic/o, Radicul/o

Answer 11

nerve root

Question 12

Vag/o

Answer 12

Vagus nerve

Question 13

Ventricul/o

Answer 13

little belly, ventricle

Question 14

Nervous System

Answer 14

• Central Nervous System
• > brain and spinal cord
• Peripheral Nervous System
• > nerves and ganglia

Question 15

Homeostasis

Answer 15

• maintenance of body stability by monitoring changes in the body and initiating responses to those changes.

Question 16

Neuron

Answer 16

supported by other cells of nervous tissue, known as neuroganglia, which make up most of the brain and spinal cord

Question 17

Nervous Tissue

Answer 17

Tissue making up the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. delicate and easily damaged.
- protective features: cerebrospinal fluid, bone, meninges.

Question 18

Blood-brain barrier

Answer 18

barrier between brain fluids and blood that keeps most bacteria, harmful cells, and many toxins from entering the nervous system
- toxins that do breach the blood-barrier are eliminated by special neuroglia cells in the brain called microglia