Chapter 15 Nervous system

Question 1

carry or move inward toward a central structure

Answer 1

afferent

Question 2

protective mechanism that blocks specific substances found in the bloodstream from entering delicate brain tissue

Answer 2

blood-brain barrier

Question 3

carry or move away from a central structure

Answer 3

efferent

Question 4

complex neural system located beneath the cerebrum that controls basic emotions and drives and plays an important role in memory

Answer 4

limbic system

Question 5

additional external myelin sheath that is formed by Schwann cells and found only on axons in the peripheral nervous system

Answer 5

neurilemma

Question 6

organ chamber or cavity that receives or holds fluid

Answer 6

ventricle

Question 7

cerebr/o

Answer 7

cerebrum

Question 8

crani/o

Answer 8

cranium (skull)

Question 9

encephal/o

Answer 9

brain

Question 10

gangli/o

Answer 10

ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)

Question 11

gli/o

Answer 11

glue; neuroglial tissue

Question 12

kinesi/o

Answer 12

movement

Question 13

lept/o

Answer 13

thin, slender

Question 14

lex/o

Answer 14

thin, slender

Question 15

lex/o

Answer 15

word, phrase

Question 16

meningi/o

Answer 16

meninges

Question 17

myel/o

Answer 17

bone marrow; spinal cord

Question 18

narc/o

Answer 18

stupor; numbness; sleep

Question 19

neur/o

Answer 19

nerve

Question 20

radicul/o

Answer 20

nerve root

Question 21

sthen/o

Answer 21

strength

Question 22

thalam/o

Answer 22

thalamus

Question 23

thec/o

Answer 23

sheath (usually referring to the meninges )

Question 24

ton/o

Answer 24

tension

Question 25

ventricul/o

Answer 25

ventricle (of the heart or brain)

Question 26

-algesia

Answer 26

pain

Question 27

-algia

Answer 27

pain

Question 28

-asthenia

Answer 28

weakness, debility

Question 29

-esthesia

Answer 29

feeling

Question 30

-kinesia

Answer 30

movement

Question 31

-lepsy

Answer 31

seizure

Question 32

-paresis

Answer 32

parietal paralysis

Question 33

-phasia

Answer 33

speech

Question 34

-plegia

Answer 34

paralysis

Question 35

-taxia

Answer 35

order, corrdination

Question 36

pachy-

Answer 36

thick

Question 37

para-

Answer 37

near, beside; beyond

Question 38

syn-

Answer 38

union, together, joined

Question 39

Auto immune disease that targets the myelin sheath on the nerves of the central system

Answer 39

multiple sclerosis

Question 40

Inability to comprehend, auditory, visuals, spatial, or factory or other sensations, even though the sensory sphere is intact

Answer 40

agnosia

Question 41

autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation of the peripheral nerves damaging their mileage sheets, resulting increased nerve impulses, loss of reflux response, and setting muscle weakness also called infective or idiopathic polyneuritis

Answer 41

Guillain- Barré syndrome