Central Nervous System

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

central nervous system

Question 2

encephal/o

Answer 2

brain

Question 3

cephal/o

Answer 3

head, crown

Question 4

crani/o

Answer 4

skull

Question 5

cerebell/o

Answer 5

cerebellum

Question 6

cerebr/o

Answer 6

cerebrum

Question 7

cognitive

Answer 7

our ability (or lack of) to think, learn, and memorize

Question 8

mening/o, mening/i

Answer 8

meniges (layers around the brain and spinal cord)

Question 9

radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o

Answer 9

nerve root

Question 10

mon/o

Answer 10

one

Question 11

neur/o

Answer 11

nerve

Question 12

-pathy

Answer 12

disease

Question 13

mononeuropathy

Answer 13

condition that affects a single nerve

Question 14

myel/o

Answer 14

spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 15

sensory organs

Answer 15

ears, eyes, nose, skin (touch), tongue

Question 16

anesthesiologist

Answer 16

specialist who controls medication to put someone asleep

Question 17

-an

Answer 17

without

Question 18

esthesi/o

Answer 18

feeling

Question 19

psychologist

Answer 19

specialist of the mind, emotions

Question 20

psych/o

Answer 20

mind, emotions

Question 21

-iatrist

Answer 21

specialist

Question 22

-iatry

Answer 22

study of, field of

Question 23

conscious

Answer 23

being alert, awake, aware, responsive

Question 24

A&O

Answer 24

alert and orientated

Question 25

syncopal episode

Answer 25

fainting spell, brief loss of consciousness

Question 26

LOC

Answer 26

loss of consciousness or level or consciousness

Question 27

coma

Answer 27

deep state of unconsciousness

Question 28

aneurysm

Answer 28

localized weak-spot or balloon like enlargement of the wall of an artery

Question 29

stroke

Answer 29

damage to brain that occurs when blood flow to brain is disrupted (blockage)

Question 30

TIA

Answer 30

transient ischemic attack

Question 31

aphasia

Answer 31

loss of ability to speak, write, comprehend language

Question 32

a-

Answer 32

without

Question 33

-phasia

Answer 33

speech

Question 34

hyperesthesia

Answer 34

overreacting to feelings and sensations

Question 35

hyper-

Answer 35

excessive, increased

Question 36

-esthesia

Answer 36

feeling, sensation

Question 37

convulsion, -ictal

Answer 37

seizure

Question 38

preictal

Answer 38

time before a seizure

Question 39

postictal

Answer 39

time after a seizure

Question 40

CP

Answer 40

cerebral palsy

Question 41

sciatrica

Answer 41

pain affecting the back, hip, and out leg caused by the compression of the spinal nerve root in the lower back

Question 42

-paresis, -plegia

Answer 42

loss of sensations and voluntary muscle movement

Question 43

paralysis

Answer 43

loss of sensations and voluntary muscle movement

Question 44

hemiparesis or hemiplegia

Answer 44

paralysis on one side of the body

Question 45

paraplegia

Answer 45

paralysis of both legs and lower body

Question 46

quadriplegia

Answer 46

paralysis of all four extremities

Question 47

monoplegia

Answer 47

paralysis of one limb or area

Question 48

ADD

Answer 48

attention deficit disorder

Question 49

ADHD

Answer 49

attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Question 50

concussion

Answer 50

violet shaking or jarring of the brain

Question 51

A + 0 x 3

Answer 51

alert and oriented times three (person, place, and time)

Question 52

MS

Answer 52

multiple sclerosis

Question 53

CAT

Answer 53

computed axial tomography

Question 54

PERRLA

Answer 54

pupils are equal, round, responsive to light and accomodation

Question 55

analgesic

Answer 55

drug that relieves pain without affecting consciousness

Question 56

anesthesia

Answer 56

absence of normal sensation, especially pain

Question 57

MRI

Answer 57

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 58

EEG

Answer 58

electroencephalogram

Question 59

HA

Answer 59

headache