Nervous System

Question 1

Frontal Lobe

Answer 1

emotions and personality

Question 2

Parietal Lobe

Answer 2

math and logic

Question 3

Temporal Lobe

Answer 3

processing spoken word

Question 4

Occipital Lobe

Answer 4

processing visual information

Question 5

Meningitis

Answer 5

Description: inflammation of meninges, membranes covering brain and spinal cord

Symptoms: nuchal rigidity, fever, headache, vomiting

Question 6

Hemiplegia

Answer 6

Description: result of stroke

Symptoms: paralysis on one side of body

Question 7

Paraplegia

Answer 7

Description: result of severing of spinal cord in lower back or sacrum

Symptoms: inability to move legs, may have bowel and bladder dysfunction

Question 8

Quadriplegia

Answer 8

Description: result of severing of spinal cord in the upper thoracic or cervical area

Symptoms: inability to move arms and legs, may have respiratory dysfunction

Question 9

Encephalitis

Answer 9

Description: inflammation of brain

Symptoms: headache, fever, confusion

Question 10

Cerebral Vascular Accident (Stroke)

Answer 10

Description: blockage of a vessel or bleeding into brain prevents oxygen getting to brain tissue

Symptoms: malfunction in the portion of the brain that is deprived of circulation

Question 11

Herniated Disc

Answer 11

Description: protrusion of nucleus pulposis against spinal cord

Symptoms: pain that radiates down leg

Question 12

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Answer 12

deterioration of motor neurons

Question 13

Poliomyelitis

Answer 13

viral infection that leads to weakened muscles

Question 14

Transient Ischemic Attack

Answer 14

brief interludes of confusion that often precede CVA

Question 15

Hydrocephalus

Answer 15

enlargement of head due to accumulated fluid in ventricles of brain

Question 16

Expressive Aphasia

Answer 16

inability to form words

Question 17

Receptive Aphasia

Answer 17

inability to understand what is being said

Question 18

Epilepsy

Answer 18

abnormal electrical activity of brain

Question 19

Cerebral Palsy

Answer 19

damage to brain that causes motor or balance problems

Question 20

Intracerebral Hematoma

Answer 20

accumulation of blood within the brain tissue due to trauma to head or spontaneous rupture of blood vessel

Question 21

Concussion

Answer 21

headache, vomiting, damage to brain tissue due to closed head trauma

Question 22

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 22

progressive degeneration thought to be due to plaque and tangles of brain tissue leading to regression of ability to think

Question 23

Parkinson’s Disease

Answer 23

progressive neurological disease with resulting tremors, shuffling gait, and rigidity

Question 24

Multi-infarct Dementia

Answer 24

brain damage from chronic ischemia

Question 25

Bell's Palsy

Answer 25

temporary facial paralysis caused by virus damaging the VII cranial nerve (facial)

Question 26

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Answer 26

severe spasm of V cranial nerve (trigeminal)

Question 27

Olfactory Nerve

Answer 27

**Name:** I **Function:** carries impulses for smell

Question 28

Optic Nerve

Answer 28

**Name:** II **Function:** carries impulses for sight

Question 29

Oculomotor Nerve

Answer 29

**Name:** III **Function:** controls eye movement

Question 30

Trochlear Nerve

Answer 30

**Name:** IV **Function:** controls eye movement

Question 31

Trigeminal Nerve

Answer 31

**Name:** V **Function:** carries sensation from eye, upper and lower jaw; movement of jaw

Question 32

Abducens Nerve

Answer 32

**Name:** VI **Function:** controls facial expression, controls salivary and tear glands, carries taste

Question 33

Facial Nerve

Answer 33

**Name:** VII **Function:** carries taste, controls facial expression

Question 34

Vestibulocochlear Nerve

Answer 34

**Name:** VIII **Function:** carries hearing and controls equilibrium

Question 35

Glossopharyngeal Nerve

Answer 35

**Name:** IX **Function:** carries taste, controls swallowing and gag

Question 36

Vagus Nerve

Answer 36

**Name:** X **Function:** controls voice box, throat, and digestive juices; longest nerve; goes to abdominal cavity

Question 37

Spinal Accessory Nerve

Answer 37

**Name:** XI **Function:** controls muscles in neck and larynx

Question 38

Hypoglossal Nerve

Answer 38

**Name:** XII **Function:** controls muscles of tongue