Ch 7 - Nervous System Self Test

Question 1

What kind of seizure has contractions that usually start in a group of muscles on one side of the body and spread to the extremities and the whole body?

Answer 1

Jacksonian

Question 2

The structure that conducts nerve impulses to and from the brain and serves as a reflex center from some sensory information without input from the brain is the:

Answer 2

spinal cord

Question 3

The term that means spinal cord inflammation is:

Answer 3

myelitis

Question 4

What is the yellow spot in the retina lateral to the optic nerve?

Answer 4

macula

Question 5

The word part Mater- means:

Answer 5

mother

Question 6

The word part Duro- means:

Answer 6

hard

Question 7

The diagnostic term for inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord is:

Answer 7

polio/myel/itis

Question 8

The diagnostic term En/cephal/itis actually means

Answer 8

inflammation of the brain

Question 9

The word part Pia- means:

Answer 9

gentle

Question 10

The diagnostic term for a disease characterized by early senility, confusion, loss of recognition of persons or familiar surroundings, and restlessness is:

Answer 10

Alzheimer’s diseaase

Question 11

The word part Fiss- means

Answer 11

divide, split

Question 12

With mumps, often there is inflammation of the tear gland, or:

Answer 12

Dacryoadenitis

Question 13

The medical term that means the same as Quadri/plegia is:

Answer 13

tetra/plegia

Question 14

Which of the following is a personality disorder in cluster A?

Answer 14

paranoid personality disorder

Question 15

The medical term cephalo/dynia means:

Answer 15

pain in the head

Question 16

Which of the following is a personality disorder in cluster B?

Answer 16

antisocial personality disorder

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a personality disorder in cluster C?

Answer 17

histrionic personality disorder

Question 18

A patient diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by

Answer 18

pre-senile dementia

Question 19

Lou Gehrig’s disease is also known as

Answer 19

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Question 20

What do forensic psychiatrist specialize in

Answer 20

sanity during crimes

Question 21

The medical term Opisthotonos means

Answer 21

tension that bends head backward

Question 22

_____ is caused by foreign bodies or pathogenic organisms that cause inflammation and petechial hemorrhages

Answer 22

conjunctivitis

Question 23

The term conjunctivitis literally means together/joined/inflamed. It actually means:

Answer 23

inflammation of the membrane that covers the eyeball and the eyelid

Question 24

The medical term glaucoma actually means:

Answer 24

waterfall, cloudy, or gray vision

Question 25

The medical term Keratitis actually means:

Answer 25

inflammation of the eye’s cornea

Question 26

The medical term optometrist literally means

Answer 26

specialist in measuring sight

Question 27

Miotic eye drops cause the eye’s pupils to:

Answer 27

constrict

Question 28

The E Eye Chart is used to measure

Answer 28

visual acuity

Question 29

The medical term “myopic” actually means:

Answer 29

nearsighted

Question 30

The medical term “tetanus” usually refers to:

Answer 30

muscle spasms

Question 31

The optic, oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves all innervate the eye and are referred to as cranial nerves

Answer 31

2, 3, 4, and 6

Question 32

The term schizophrenia actually refers to a type of psychosis that is also characterized by:

Answer 32

thought deterioration and lack of social functioning

Question 33

the medical term myringitis actually means:

Answer 33

inflammation of the eardrum

Question 34

The medical terms palpebritis and belpharoptosis refer to:

Answer 34

eyelid inflammation and eyelid drooping

Question 35

The medical term Trachoma refers to a chlamydial infection causing

Answer 35

rough swollen eye lesions

Question 36

the mucous membrane lining the inner eyelids and eyeball globe is the:

Answer 36

conjunctiva