Nervous System & Mental Health

Question 1

What does the word part cerebell/o mean?

Answer 1

Cerebellum

Question 2

What does the word part cerebr/o mean?

Answer 2

Cerebrum

Question 3

What does the word part cortic/o mean?

Answer 3

Cerebral cortex

Question 4

What does the word part encephal/o mean?

Answer 4

brain

Question 5

what does the word part gangli/o or ganglion/o mean?

Answer 5

ganglion

Question 6

what does the word part gli/o mean?

Answer 6

neuroglia

Question 7

what does the word part -lalia mean?

Answer 7

babble or speech

Question 8

what does the word part -lepsy mean?

Answer 8

seizure

Question 9

what does the word part -lexia mean?

Answer 9

reading

Question 10

what does the word part -mania mean?

Answer 10

obsessive or excited state

Question 11

what does the word part medull/o mean?

Answer 11

medulla oblongata, spinal cord

Question 12

what does the word part mening/o, meninge/o mean?

Answer 12

meninges

Question 13

what does the word part myel/o mean?

Answer 13

spinal cord

Question 14

what does the word part narc/o mean?

Answer 14

unconsciousness or stupor

Question 15

what does the word part neur/o , neur/i mean?

Answer 15

nervous system, tissues, or nerves

Question 16

what does the word part -paresis mean?

Answer 16

weakness or partial paralysis

Question 17

what does the word part -phasia mean?

Answer 17

speech

Question 18

what does the word part -phobia mean?

Answer 18

irrational or persistent fear

Question 19

what does the word part -plegia mean?

Answer 19

paralysis

Question 20

what does the word part -psych/o mean?

Answer 20

mind

Question 21

what does the word part radical/o mean?

Answer 21

spinal nerve root

Question 22

what does the word part somn/o mean?

Answer 22

sleep

Question 23

what does the word part thalam/o mean?

Answer 23

thalamus

Question 24

what does the word part ventricul/o mean?

Answer 24

ventricle, cavity

Question 25

what does amnesia mean?

Answer 25

loss of memory

Question 26

what does ataxia mean?

Answer 26

loss of muscular coordination

Question 27

what is an axon?

Answer 27

a fiber in the neuron that carries impulses away form the body of a cell

Question 28

what does bradykinesia mean?

Answer 28

abnormal or slowness of motion

Question 29

what two things consists of the central nervous system?

Answer 29

the brain and spinal cord

Question 30

what does cephalgia/cephalalgia mean?

Answer 30

headache

Question 31

what does cerebrospinal mean?

Answer 31

pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

Question 32

what does craniotomy mean?

Answer 32

surgical opening into the skull

Question 33

what is a dendrite?

Answer 33

a fiber in the neuron that carries impulses toward the body of a cell

Question 34

what does discectomy mean?

Answer 34

surgical excision of an intervertebral disc

Question 35

what does dysphasia mean?

Answer 35

impairment of speech

Question 36

what does encephalomalacia mean?

Answer 36

softening of the brain often due to ischemia or infarction

Question 37

what does epidural mean?

Answer 37

pertaining to above or outside the dura mater

Question 38

what does epilepsy mean?

Answer 38

a brain disorder characterized by electrical-like disturbances resulting in seizures

Question 39

what is gray matter?

Answer 39

axons that are not covered in myelin

Question 40

what is hemiparesis?

Answer 40

paralysis on one side of the body

Question 41

what does intracranial mean?

Answer 41

within the skull

Question 42

what is an intrathecal administration?

Answer 42

injection into the spinal canal or subarachnoid space

Question 43

what is a laminectomy?

Answer 43

excision of the vertebral posterior arch or spinal process

Question 44

what is meningitis?

Answer 44

inflammation of the meninges or the membranes covering the spinal cord or brain

Question 45

what is myelin?

Answer 45

a substance that covers some axons to insulate, protect, and assist in electrical conduction

Question 46

what is myelitis?

Answer 46

inflammation of the spinal cord

Question 47

what is neuralgia?

Answer 47

severe or stabbing pain in the course or distribution of a nerve

Question 48

what is neuritis?

Answer 48

inflammation of nerve

Question 49

what is neurolysis?

Answer 49

destruction of nerve tissue or lysis (breaking up) perineural adhesions

Question 50

what is a neuron?

Answer 50

basic functional unit of the nervous system

Question 51

what is neurorrhaphy?

Answer 51

repair of severed nerve by suture, graft, or synthetic conduit

Question 52

what is neurosis?

Answer 52

emotional condition or disorder; anxiety is a primary characteristic

Question 53

what are neurotransmitters?

Answer 53

a chemical that transmits energy across a synapse

Question 54

what is paranoia?

Answer 54

a mental disorder, often includes delusions involving persecution

Question 55

what consists of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 55

nerves outside the brain and spinal cord

Question 56

what is poliomyelitis?

Answer 56

inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord

Question 57

what is psychosis?

Answer 57

an abnormal condition of the mind, gross disorganization, or distortion of mental capacity

Question 58

what is quadriplegia?

Answer 58

paralysis of all four extremities

Question 59

what is radiculitis?

Answer 59

inflammation of the spinal nerve roots

Question 60

what is sciatica?

Answer 60

severe pain along the sciatic nerve, usually unilateral based on the nerve root affected

Question 61

what is subdural?

Answer 61

below the dura mater

Question 62

what is a vagotomy?

Answer 62

surgical incision of the vagus nerve

Question 63

what is white matter?

Answer 63

axons that are covered in myelin

Question 64

what is the right side of the temporal lobe responsible for?

Answer 64

visual memory

Question 65

what is the left side of the temporal lobe responsible for?

Answer 65

verbal memory

Question 66

what is the occipital lobe responsible for?

Answer 66

visual info

Question 67

what is the cerebellum responsible for?

Answer 67

coordinate movement

Question 68

what does the brainstem control?

Answer 68

functions necessary for surviving

Question 69

what cerebrospinal fluid do?

Answer 69

cushions brain and spinal cord