Ch 13- Nervous System And Mental Health

Question 1

Cephal/o

Answer 1

Head

Question 2

Cerebell/o

Answer 2

Little brain, cerebellum

Question 3

Cerebr/o

Answer 3

Brain, cerebrum

Question 4

Crani/o

Answer 4

Skull, cranium

Question 5

Encephal/o

Answer 5

Brain

Question 6

Gangli/o

Answer 6

Swelling, knot

Question 7

Mening/i, mening/o

Answer 7

Membrane

Question 8

Myel/o

Answer 8

Spinal cord, medulla, myelin

Question 9

Neur/o

Answer 9

Nerve

Question 10

Phren/o

Answer 10

Mind

Question 11

Psych/o

Answer 11

Mind

Question 12

Radic/o, radicul/o

Answer 12

Nerve root

Question 13

Vag/o

Answer 13

Vagus nerve

Question 14

Ventricul/o

Answer 14

Little belly, ventricle

Question 15

a-

Answer 15

Without, absence of

Question 16

Par-

Answer 16

Alongside, abnormal

Question 17

Esthesi/o

Answer 17

Sensation

Question 18

Phasi/o

Answer 18

To speak

Question 19

-asthenia

Answer 19

Weakness

Question 20

-Algesia

Answer 20

Pain

Question 21

Cephalalgia

Answer 21

Headache

Question 22

Hyperalgesia

Answer 22

Excessive sensitivity to pain

Question 23

Paresthesia

Answer 23

Abnormal sensation of numbness or tingling caused by injury to nerve

Question 24

Syncope

Answer 24

Temporary loss of consciousness due to sudden reduction of blood flow to the brain

Question 25

Ather/o

Answer 25

Fatty plaque

Question 26

Embol/o

Answer 26

Plug

Question 27

gli/o

Answer 27

Glue

Question 28

Gnos/o

Answer 28

Knowledge

Question 29

Narc/o

Answer 29

Numbness

Question 30

My/o

Answer 30

Muscle

Question 31

Poli/o

Answer 31

Gray

Question 32

Thromb/o

Answer 32

Clot

Question 33

Agnosia

Answer 33

Inability to process sensory info

Question 34

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Answer 34

Progressive atrophy (loss) of muscle due to hardening of nervousness tissue on the lateral column of spinal cord

Question 35

Bell palsy

Answer 35

Muscular paralysis of face

Question 36

Concussion

Answer 36

From the Greek word concussio meaning shaking

Question 37

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Answer 37

Deterioration of the myelin sheath

Question 38

Myelitis

Answer 38

Inflammation of spinal cord

Question 39

Paraplegia

Answer 39

Legs

Question 40

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 40

Tremors, rigidity and shuffling gait

Question 41

Poliomyelitis

Answer 41

Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord, usually paralysis

Question 42

Radic/o , rhiz/o

Answer 42

Nerve root

Question 43

Dur/o

Answer 43

Hard

Question 44

-iatry

Answer 44

Treatment, specialty

Question 45

-lysis

Answer 45

To loosen or dissolve

Question 46

Analegsic

Answer 46

Pain management- aspirin, ibuprofen

Question 47

tPA

Answer 47

Powerful chemical that dissolves blood clots. Treatment for stroke

Question 48

Somat/o

Answer 48

Body

Question 49

Schiz/o

Answer 49

Divide, split

Question 50

Phren/o

Answer 50

Mind

Question 51

Neurosis

Answer 51

Emotional disorder, counterproductive way of handling stress

Question 52

Dementia

Answer 52

Latin root “not in mind” - memory loss, confusion