Terminology for Test 2

Question 1

Afferent

Answer 1

carry toward

Question 2

efferent

Answer 2

carry away

Question 3

anesthesia

Answer 3

without feeling or sensation

Question 4

dendrites

Answer 4

branch of neuron

Question 5

hemiparesis

Answer 5

half of body slightly paralyzed

Question 6

hemiplegia

Answer 6

half paralyzed

Question 7

neuralgia

Answer 7

nerve pain

Question 8

neurohormone

Answer 8

to excite from nerves

Question 9

neurology

Answer 9

study of nerves

Question 10

neuron

Answer 10

pertaining to nerve

Question 11

paraplegia

Answer 11

beyond paralysis (paralysis of two limbs/legs)

Question 12

quadriplegia

Answer 12

paralysis of four (all four limbs)

Question 13

trigeminal

Answer 13

pertaining to three branches CN V

Question 14

achromatism

Answer 14

absence of color, unable to see color

Question 15

aphasia

Answer 15

without speech

Question 16

blepharoptosis

Answer 16

dropping of eyelids

Question 17

diplopia

Answer 17

double vision

Question 18

hypoglossal

Answer 18

below the tongue

Question 19

oculomotor

Answer 19

movement of the eye

Question 20

ophthalmoplegia

Answer 20

paralysis of eye

Question 21

otoscope

Answer 21

instrument to view ear

Question 22

anosmia

Answer 22

partial or total loss of smell

Question 23

anopsia

Answer 23

visual defects

Question 24

strabismus

Answer 24

eye not parallel

Question 25

-plegia

Answer 25

paralysis

Question 26

-algia

Answer 26

pain

Question 27

para-

Answer 27

beyond, beside, near

Question 28

-phagia

Answer 28

eating

Question 29

phas/o-

Answer 29

speech

Question 30

-ptosis

Answer 30

prolapse, dropping

Question 31

blephar/o-

Answer 31

eyelid

Question 32

-opia

Answer 32

vision

Question 33

ot/o

Answer 33

ear