anatomy quiz #11

Question 1

cerebrovascular accidents

Answer 1

a condition in which brain tissue is deprived of a blood supply, as in blockage of a cerebral blood vessel; also called a stroke.

Question 2

hemiplegia

Question 3

aphasias

Question 4

transient ischemic attack

Question 5

alzheimers disease

Question 6

parkinson’s disease

Question 7

spinal cord

Question 8

cauda equina

Answer 8

the collection of spinal nerves at the inferior end of the vertebral canal.

Question 9

flaccid paralysis

Question 10

auntonomic nervous system

Answer 10

the division of the nervous system that functions involuntarily; innervates cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands; also called involuntary nervous system.

Question 11

somatic nervous system

Answer 11

a division of the peripheral nervous system; also called the voluntary nervous system.

Question 12

sympathetic division

Answer 12

a division of the autonomic nervous system; opposes parasympathetic functions; called the fight-or-flight division; also called thora columbar division.

Question 13

parasympathetic division

Answer 13

a division of the autonomic nervous system; also referred to as the craniosacral division.

Question 14

craniosacral division

Answer 14

The preganglionic neurons of the parasympathetic division are located in brain nuclei of several cranial nerves and in the S2 through S4 levels of the spinal cord

Question 15

tharocolumbar division

Answer 15

The sympathetic division is also called the thoracolumbar

Question 16

cerebral palsy

Answer 16

neuromuscular disability in which the voluntary muscles are poorly controlled and spastic because of brain damage.

Question 17

anencephaly

Answer 17

a birth defect in which the cerebrum fails to develop.

Question 18

spinal bifida

Answer 18

results when the vertebrae form incompletely

Question 19

orthostatic hypotension

Answer 19

temporary hypotension due to abrupt movement from a sitting or reclining position to an upright position

Question 19

arteriosclerosis

Answer 19

any of a number of proliferative and degenerative changes in the arteries leading to their decreased elasticity and hardening; end stage of atherosclerosis.

Question 20

senility

Question 21

cerebral angiography

Question 22

electroencephalogram

Question 23

computed tomography

Question 24

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 25

positron emission tomography

Question 26

spastic paralysis

Question 27

nerve

Question 28

dorsal root ganglion