Unit 16 Nervous System

Question 1

without feeling or sensation

Answer 1

anesthesia

Question 2

condition of without speaking

Answer 2

aphasia

Question 3

pain in the head (headache)

Answer 3

cephalagia

Question 4

inflammation of the cerebellum

Answer 4

cerebellitis

Question 5

process of recording the (blood) vessels of the cerebum

Answer 5

cerebral angiography

Question 6

pertaining to the cerebrum, abnormal condition of a clot

Answer 6

cerebral thrombosis

Question 7

pertaining to the cranium and cerebrum

Answer 7

craniocerebral

Question 8

inflammation of the dura mater

Answer 8

duritis

Question 9

painful sensation

Answer 9

dysesthesia

Question 10

condition of difficulty speaking

Answer 10

dysphasia

Question 11

record of electrical activity of the brain (write entire word, not abbreviation)

Answer 11

electroencephalogram

Question 12

instrument used to record electrical activity of the brain

Answer 12

electroencephalograph

Question 13

process of recording the electrical activity of the brain (procedure name)

Answer 13

electroencephalography

Question 14

inflammation of the brain

Answer 14

encephalitis

Question 15

softening of the brain

Answer 15

encephalomalacia

Question 16

inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots

Answer 16

encephalomyeloradiculitis

Question 17

disease of the brain

Answer 17

encephalopathy

Question 18

inflammation of a ganglion

Answer 18

gangliitis

Question 19

excision of a ganglion

Answer 19

ganglionectomy

Question 20

tumor composed of developing glia

Answer 20

glioblastoma

Question 21

tumor composed of glia

Answer 21

glioma

Question 22

slight paralysis of half (left or right side of the body)

Answer 22

hemiparesis

Question 23

complete A58paralysis of half (right or left side of the body)

Answer 23

hemiplegia

Question 24

excessive sensitivity

Answer 24

hyperesthesia

Question 25

pertainging to or occurring between siezures or attacks

Answer 25

interictal

Question 26

pertaining to within the cerebrum

Answer 26

intracerebral

Question 27

protrusion of the meninges

Answer 27

meningiocele

Question 28

tumor of the meninges

Answer 28

meningioma

Question 29

inflammation of the meninges

Answer 29

meningitis

Question 30

protrusion of the meninges and spinal cord

Answer 30

meningomyelocele

Question 31

disease affecting a single nerve

Answer 31

mononeuropathy

Question 32

slight paralysis of one (limb)

Answer 32

monoparesis

Question 33

complete paralysis of one (limb)

Answer 33

monoplegia

Question 34

softening of the spinal cord

Answer 34

myelomalacia

Question 35

pain in a nerve

Answer 35

neuralgia

Question 36

excision of a nerve

Answer 36

neurectomy

Question 37

inflammation of a nerve

Answer 37

neuritis

Question 38

disease of nerves and joints

Answer 38

neuroarthropathy

Question 39

resembling a nerve

Answer 39

neuroid

Question 40

physician who studies and treats diseases of the nervous system

Answer 40

neurologist

Question 41

study of nerves

Answer 41

neurology

Question 42

loosening, separating a nerve

Answer 42

neurolysis

Question 43

disease of the nerves (peripheral)

Answer 43

neuropathy

Question 44

surgical repair of a nerve

Answer 44

neuroplasty

Question 45

suturing of a nerve

Answer 45

neurorrhaphy

Question 46

incision into a nerve

Answer 46

neurotomy

Question 47

abnormal sensation

Answer 47

paresthesia

Question 48

inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord

Answer 48

poliomyelitis

Question 49

inflammation of many nerves

Answer 49

polyneuritis

Question 50

disease of many nerves

Answer 50

polyneuropathy

Question 51

pertaining to or occurring after a seizure or attack

Answer 51

postictal

Question 52

pertaining to or occurring before a seizure or attack

Answer 52

preictal

Question 53

physician who studies and treats disorders of the mind

Answer 53

psychiatrist

Question 54

specialty of the mind

Answer 54

psychiatry

Question 55

originating in the mind

Answer 55

psychogenic

Question 56

specialist of the mind

Answer 56

psychologist

Question 57

study of the mind

Answer 57

psychology

Question 58

(any) disease of the mind

Answer 58

psychopathy

Question 59

abnormal condition of the mind

Answer 59

psychosis

Question 60

pertaining to the mind and body

Answer 60

psychosomatic

Question 61

complete paralysis of four (limbs)

Answer 61

quadriplegia

Question 62

inciscion into a nerve root

Answer 62

radicotomy

Question 63

inflammation of the nerve roots

Answer 63

radiculitis

Question 64

disease of the nerve roots

Answer 64

radiculopathy

Question 65

inflammation of the nerve root, meninges, and spinal cord

Answer 65

rhizomeningomyelitis

Question 66

pertaining to below the dura mater

Answer 66

subdural

Question 67

pertaining to the below the dura mater, tumor of blood

Answer 67

subdural hematoma

Question 68

tumor of a nerve

Answer 68

neuroma

Question 69

hardening of brain tissue

Answer 69

encephalosclerosis