Chp 11 - Nervous System

Question 1

encephal/o

Answer 1

brain

Question 2

cephal/o

Answer 2

head

Question 3

cerebr/o

Answer 3

cerebrum

Question 4

mening/o

Answer 4

meninges

Question 5

chord/o

Answer 5

spinal chord

Question 6

neur/o

Answer 6

nerve

Question 7

somat/o

Answer 7

body

Question 8

cerebell/o

Answer 8

cerebellum

Question 9

home/o

Answer 9

same

Question 10

-glia

Answer 10

glue

Question 11

frontal lobe

Answer 11

speech, personality, emotions and problem solving

Question 12

insular lobe

Answer 12

empathy, interpretive awareness and cognition

Question 13

temporal lobe

Answer 13

controls hearing and smell

Question 14

parietal lobe

Answer 14

touch, taste, and spatial perception; internal compass

Question 15

occipital lobe

Answer 15

responsible for vision

Question 16

cerebrum

Answer 16

largest part of the brain; divided into 2 hemispheres

Question 17

dura mater

Answer 17

tough, fibrous outer layer of the meninges

Question 18

hemiplegia

Answer 18

paralysis on one side of body

Question 19

syncope

Answer 19

fainting

Question 20

paraplegia

Answer 20

paralysis of lower limbs and trunk

Question 21

quadriplegia

Answer 21

paralysis of arms, legs, and trunk

Question 22

TIA

Answer 22

Transient Ischemic Attack; temporary loss of blood to the brain that may develop until a full-blow stroke; “Warning Stroke”

Question 23

hematoma

Answer 23

bruise

Question 24

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 24

condition characterized by impairment of cognitive function, memory loss, disorientation, progressive dementia

Question 25

Parkinson's Disease

Answer 25

condition characterized by fine tremors, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, and bradykinesia

Question 26

CVA

Answer 26

Cerebral Vascular Accident; Stroke; severe TIA

Question 27

MS

Answer 27

Multiple Sclerosis; destruction of the myelin sheaths around the nerves

Question 28

MD

Answer 28

Muscular Dystrophy; progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle w/o neural involvement

Question 29

Lumbar Puncture

Answer 29

Spinal Tap; used to obtain cerebrospinal fluid for analysis

Question 30

Nerve Conduction Test

Answer 30

measures how fast an impulse travels along a nerve after stimulus

Question 31

neuron

Answer 31

nerve cell

Question 32

amnesia

Answer 32

loss of memory

Question 33

convulsion

Answer 33

seizure

Question 34

coma

Answer 34

prolonged unconsciousness

Question 35

Bell's Palsey

Answer 35

facial paralysis

Question 36

EEG

Answer 36

recording the electrical activity of the brain

Question 37

meningitis

Answer 37

inflammation or infection of the dura mater and/or pia mater

Question 38

ALS

Answer 38

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gehrig's disease

Question 39

contusion

Answer 39

bruise of the brain

Question 40

vertigo

Answer 40

dizziness

Question 41

migraine

Answer 41

headache of vascular origin

Question 42

transcutaneous

Answer 42

pertaining to through the skin

Question 43

CTS

Answer 43

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; compression injury of the median nerve at the wrist.