Ch 10 Nervous System

Question 1

cerebr/o
encephal/o

Answer 1

Brain
coordinates all body activities by receiving, transmitting messages throughout the body

Question 2

myel/o

Answer 2

spinal cord
transmits nerve impulses between the brain, arms, legs and lower part of the body

Question 3

neur/i
neur/o

Answer 3

nerves
receive and transmit messages to and from all parts of the body

Question 4

opt/i
opt/o
optic/o
ophthalm/o

Answer 4

Eyes
receptor organs for the sense of sight

Question 5

acous/o
acoust/o
audi/o
audit/o
ot/o

Answer 5

Ears
receptor organs for the sense of hearing and maintaining balance

Question 6

rhin/o

Answer 6

nose

Question 7

dermat/o
derm/o

Answer 7

skin

Question 8

lingu/o

Answer 8

tongue

Question 9

caus/o

Answer 9

burning, burn

Question 10

cerebr/o

Answer 10

cerebrum, brain

Question 11

concuss/o

Answer 11

shaken together, violently agitated

Question 12

contus/o

Answer 12

bruise

Question 13

encephal/o

Answer 13

brain

Question 14

-esthesia

Answer 14

sensation, feeling

Question 15

esthet/o

Answer 15

feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

Question 16

-graphy

Answer 16

process of producing a picture or record

Question 17

mening/o

Answer 17

membranes, meninges

Question 18

myel/o

Answer 18

spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 19

neur/i
neur/o

Answer 19

nerve, nerve tissue

Question 20

phobia

Answer 20

abnormal fear

Question 21

psych/o

Answer 21

mind

Question 22

radicul/o

Answer 22

root or nerve root

Question 23

-tropic

Answer 23

having an affinity(natural liking or sympathy)

Question 24

acrophobia

Answer 24

excessive fear of heights

Question 25

alzheimer's disease

Answer 25

group of disorders involving parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. leading cause of dementia and is marked by progressive deterioration affecting memory and reasoning capabilities

Question 26

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Answer 26

rapidly progressive neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles, resulting in complete paralysis and death, also knowns as Lou Gehrig's disease

Question 27

anesthetic

Answer 27

medication used to induce anesthesia

Question 28

anesthetist

Answer 28

a medical professional who specializes in administering anesthesia but is not a physician

Question 29

ACE

Answer 29

Afferent neurons - means toward Connecting neurons Efferent neurons - means away from

Question 30

SAM

Answer 30

Sensory neurons - carry impulses from the sensory organs toward the brain and spinal cord Associative neurons - link afferent and efferent neurons Motor neurons - carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord and toward the muscles and glands

Question 31

cerebrum

Answer 31

largest uppermost portion of brain responsible for all thought, judgment, memory and emotion

Question 32

cerebral cortex

Answer 32

made up of gray matter, outer layer of cerebrum, made up of elevated folds and deep fissures

Question 33

Gyri

Answer 33

elevated folds of gray matter in the cerebral cortex

Question 34

Sulci

Answer 34

fissures of the cerebral cortex

Question 35

frontal lobe

Answer 35

controls skilled motor functions, memory and behavior

Question 36

parietal lobe

Answer 36

receives and interprets nerve impulses from sensory receptors in the tongue, skin and muscles

Question 37

occipital lobe

Answer 37

controls eyesight

Question 38

temporal lobe

Answer 38

controls the senses of hearing and smell and the ability to create, store and access new information

Question 39

cranial nerve I

Answer 39

Olfactory, nose

Question 40

cranial nerve II

Answer 40

sensory , eye

Question 41

cranial nerve III, IV, VI

Answer 41

Oculomotor, muscles of the eye

Question 42

cranial nerve V

Answer 42

Trigeminal sensory, face, sinuses, teeth, etc motor, muscles of mastication

Question 43

cranial nerve VII

Answer 43

Facial, muscles of the face

Question 44

cranial nerve VIII

Answer 44

vestibulocochlear, inner ear, vestibular, cochlear

Question 45

cranial nerve IX

Answer 45

Glossopharyngeal motor; pharyngeal musculature sensory: posterior part of tongue, tonsil, pharynx

Question 46

cranial nerve X

Answer 46

Vagus motor: heart, lungs, bronchi, gastrointestinal tract sensory: heart , lungs, bronchi, trachea, larynx, pharynx, gastrointestinal tract, external ear

Question 47

cranial nerve XI

Answer 47

accesory sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles

Question 48

cranial nerve XII

Answer 48

Hypoglossal muscles of the tongue