Nervous System

Question 1

Psych/o

Answer 1

Mind

Question 2

Encephal/o

Answer 2

Brain

Question 3

Contus/o

Answer 3

Bruise

Question 4

Concuss/o

Answer 4

Shaken together

Question 5

Esthet/o

Answer 5

Feeling

Question 6

-esthesia

Answer 6

Sensation, feeling

Question 7

-graphy

Answer 7

Process of producing a picture

Question 8

Radicul/o

Answer 8

Root or nerve root

Question 9

Mening/o

Answer 9

Membrane covering the brain

Question 10

Myel/o

Answer 10

spinal cord

Question 11

-phobia

Answer 11

Abnormal fear

Question 12

-tropic

Answer 12

Having an affinity for

Question 13

Neur/o

Answer 13

Nerve, nerve tissue

Question 14

Cerebr/o

Answer 14

Brain

Question 15

Caus/o

Answer 15

Burning, burn

Question 16

The space between two nuerons or between a neuron and a receptor organ is known as a ______

Answer 16

Synapse

Question 17

The _____ are the root-like structures of a nerve that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body

Answer 17

Dendrites

Question 18

What is the outermost layer of the meninges?

Answer 18

Dura mater

Question 19

The _____ is the layer of meninges that is located nearest to the brain and spinal cord.

Answer 19

Pia mater

Question 20

Seven vital body functions are regulated by the ______

Cerebral cortex, cerebellum, hypothalamus, thalamus

Answer 20

Hypothalalmus

Question 21

The ______ nerves are the division of the autonomic nervous system that prepare the body for emergencies and stress.

Afferent, parasympathetic, peripheral, sympathetic

Answer 21

Sympathetic

Question 22

A _______ is a network of intersecting nerves.

Ganglion, plexus, synapse, tract

Answer 22

Plexus

Question 23

Cranial nerves are part of the ______ nervous system

Answer 23

Peripheral

Question 24

The _________ relays sensory stimuli from the spinal cord and midbrain to the cerebral cortex

Answer 24

Thalamus

Question 25

The _________ neurons carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord. Afferent, associative, efferent, sensory

Answer 25

Efferent

Question 26

Connects the brain and the spinal cord

Answer 26

Brainstem

Question 27

Controls vital body functions

Answer 27

Hypothalamus

Question 28

Coordinates muscular activity

Answer 28

Cerebellum

Question 29

Controls basic survival functions

Answer 29

Medulla oblongata

Question 30

Uppermost layer of the brain

Answer 30

Cerebrum

Question 31

An ________ drug is also known as a tranquilizer Antipsychotic or anxiolytic

Answer 31

Anxiolytic

Question 32

A ______ is a sensory perception that has no basis in external stimulation Delusion or hallucination

Answer 32

Hallucination

Question 33

An excessive fear of heights is ______ Acrophobia or agoraphobia

Answer 33

Acrophobia

Question 34

The acute condition that is characterized by confusion, disorientation, disordered thinking and memory, agitation, and hallucinations is known as ________. Delirium, dementia, lethargy, stupor

Answer 34

Delirium

Question 35

The term meaning inflammation of the spinal cord is _________. Encephalitis, myelitis, myelosis, radiculitis

Answer 35

Myelitis

Question 36

The condition known as __________ is characterized by severe, lightening-like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve. Bell’s palsy, G-B syndrome, Lou Gehrig’s, trigeminal neuralgia

Answer 36

Trigeminal neuralgia

Question 37

An ______ drug is administered to treat symptoms of severe disorders of thinking and mood that are associated with neurological and psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, mania, and delusional disorders.

Answer 37

antipsychotic

Question 38

What is a transient ischemic attack? (TIA)

Answer 38

Mini-stroke (ischemic)

Question 39

This is a surgical incision into the thalamus

Answer 39

Thalamotomy

Question 40

Somn-

Answer 40

Sleep

Question 41

Ambul

Answer 41

To walk

Question 42

-phasia

Answer 42

Speech

Question 43

Condition caused by brain damage associated with stroke that is the loss of ability to speak, write, or comprehend words

Answer 43

Aphasia

Question 44

Medical word for fainting caused by decreased flow of blood to the brain

Answer 44

Syncope

Question 45

-cele

Answer 45

Hernia

Question 46

A condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain Meningitis, Hydrocephalus, encephalocele, cephalalgia

Answer 46

Hydrocephalus

Question 47

Persistent, severe burning pain that usually follows an injury to a sensory nerve is known as _________. Causalgia, hyperesthesia, paresthesia

Answer 47

Causalgia

Question 48

The classification of drug that depresses the CNS and usually produces sleep is a _______

Answer 48

Hypnotic

Question 49

A ______ disorder is characterized by serious temporary or ongoing changes in function, such as paralysis or blindness, that are triggered by psychological factors. Anxiety, conversion, factitious, panic

Answer 49

Conversion