Ch.15 - Disease & Disorder Terms (NOT built from word parts)

Question 1

alzheimer disease (AD)

Answer 1

dementia after the age of 65

Question 2

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Answer 2

progressive muscle atrophy

Question 3

cerebral aneurysm

Answer 3

ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall

Question 4

dementia

Answer 4

loss of intellectual brain function

Question 5

epilepsy

Answer 5

recurrent seizures

Question 6

multiple sclerosis (MS)

Answer 6

sclerotic patches along the brain and spinal cord

Question 7

parkinson disease (PD)

Answer 7

degenerative disease of central nervous system, eventually dementia

Question 8

shingles

Answer 8

viral disease affects peripheral nerves and causes blisters on the skin

Question 9

stroke

Answer 9

interruption of blood supply to a region of the brain

Question 10

subarachnoid hemorrhage

Answer 10

bleeding between pia matter and arachnoid layers of the meninges

Question 11

transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Answer 11

deficient blood supply to the brain similar to a stroke