Chapter 10

Question 1

afferent

full word 🟫

Answer 1

moving toward a center

Question 2

efferent

full word 🟫

Answer 2

moving away from a center

Question 3

electroencephalogram (EEG)

full word 🟫

Answer 3

record of the electrical activity of the brain

Question 4

electroencephalograph

full word 🟫

Answer 4

device used to record the electrical activity of the brain

Question 5

electroencephalography

full word 🟫

Answer 5

the process of recording the electrical activity of the brain

Question 6

electroneurodiagnostic

full word 🟫

Answer 6

pertaining to the use of electricity in the diagnosis of a neurologic disorder

Question 7

epilepsy

full word 🟫

Answer 7

chronic brain disorder due to paroxysmal

Question 8

epilectic

full word 🟫

Answer 8

pertaining to or suffering from epilepsy

Question 9

motor

full word 🟫

Answer 9

structures of the nervous system that send impulses out to cause muscles to contract or glands to secrete

Question 10

nerve

full word 🟫

Answer 10

a cord of nerve fibers bound together by connective tissue

Question 11

nervous system

full word 🟫

Answer 11

the whole, integrated nerve apparatus

Question 12

neurology

full word 🟫

Answer 12

medical specialty of disorders of the nervous system

Question 13

neurologist

full word 🟫

Answer 13

medical specialist in disorders of the nervous system

Question 14

neurologic

full word 🟫

Answer 14

pertaining to the nervous system

Question 15

neurosurgeon

full word 🟫

Answer 15

one who performs surgery on the nervous system

Question 16

neurosurgery

full word 🟫

Answer 16

operating surgically on the nervous system

Question 17

parasympathetic

full word 🟫

Answer 17

division of the autonomic nervous system, has opposite effects to the sympathetic nervous system

Question 18

sensory

full word 🟫

Answer 18

pertaining to sensation, structures of the nervous system that carry impulses to the brain

Question 19

somatic

full word 🟫

Answer 19

a division of the peripheral nervous system serving the skeletal muscles or relating to the body in general

Question 20

sympathetic

full word 🟫

Answer 20

division of the autonomic nervous system operating at an unconscious level

Question 21

visceral

full word 🟫

Answer 21

pertaining to the internal organs

Question 22

viscus (viscera, pl)

full word 🟫

Answer 22

any single internal organ

Question 23

electr/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 23

electricity

Question 24

encephal/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 24

brain

Question 25

neur/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 25

nerve

Question 26

diagnost-

root 🟥

Answer 26

decision

Question 27

epilept-

root 🟥

Answer 27

seizure

Question 28

nerv-

root 🟥

Answer 28

nerve

Question 29

surg-

root 🟥

Answer 29

operate

Question 30

pathet-

root 🟥

Answer 30

suffering

Question 31

sens-

root 🟥

Answer 31

feel

Question 32

somat-

root 🟥

Answer 32

body

Question 33

viscer-

root 🟥

Answer 33

internal organs

Question 34

-gram

suffix 🟦

Answer 34

recording

Question 35

-graph

suffix 🟦

Answer 35

to write, record

Question 36

-graphy

suffix 🟦

Answer 36

process of recording

Question 37

-ic

suffix 🟦

Answer 37

pertaining to

Question 38

-ous

suffix 🟦

Answer 38

pertaining to

Question 39

-logy

suffix 🟦

Answer 39

study of

Question 40

-logist

suffix 🟦

Answer 40

one who studies

Question 41

-eon

suffix 🟦

Answer 41

one who does

Question 42

-ery

suffix 🟦

Answer 42

process of

Question 43

-ory

suffix 🟦

Answer 43

having the function of

Question 44

-al

suffix 🟦

Answer 44

pertaining to

Question 45

para-

prefix 🟩

Answer 45

beside

Question 46

sym-

prefix 🟩

Answer 46

together

Question 47

autonomic

full word 🟫

Answer 47

self-governing visceral motor division of the peripheral nervous system

Question 48

axon

full word 🟫

Answer 48

single process of a nerve cell carrying nervous impulses away from the cell body

Question 49

dendrite

full word 🟫

Answer 49

branched extension of the nerve cell body that recieves nervous stimuli

Question 50

dopamine

full word 🟫

Answer 50

neurotransmitter in some specific small areas of the brain

Question 51

glia

full word 🟫

Answer 51

connective tissue that holds a structure together

Question 52

glial

full word 🟫

Answer 52

pertaining to glia or neuroglia

Question 53

neuroglia

full word 🟫

Answer 53

connective tissue holding nervous tissues together

Question 54

myelin

full word 🟫

Answer 54

material of the sheath around the axon of a nerve

Question 55

neuron

full word 🟫

Answer 55

technical term for a nerve cell, consists of cell body with its dendrites and axons

Question 56

neurotransmitter

full word 🟫

Answer 56

chemical agent that relays messages from one nerve cell to the next

Question 57

synapse

full word 🟫

Answer 57

junction between two nerve cells, or a nerve fiber and its target cell, where electrical impulses are transmitted between the cells

Question 58

nom-

root 🟥

Answer 58

law

Question 59

glia-

root 🟥

Answer 59

glue

Question 60

myel-

root 🟥

Answer 60

spinal cord

Question 61

mitt-

root 🟥

Answer 61

send

Question 62

apse-

root 🟥

Answer 62

clasp

Question 63

-in

suffix 🟦

Answer 63

chemical compund, substance

Question 64

-er

suffix 🟦

Answer 64

agent

Question 65

trans-

prefix 🟩

Answer 65

across

Question 66

syn-

prefix 🟩

Answer 66

together

Question 67

cerebellum

full word 🟫

Answer 67

the most posterior area of the brain located between the midbrain and the cerebral hemispheres

Question 68

cerebrospinal

full word 🟫

Answer 68

pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord

Question 69

cerebrospinal fluid

full word 🟫

Answer 69

fluid formed in the ventricles of the brain, surrounds the brain and spinal cord

Question 70

cerebrum

full word 🟫

Answer 70

cerebral hemispheres

Question 71

cerebral

full word 🟫

Answer 71

pertaining to the cerebral hemispheres of the brain

Question 72

corpus callosum

full word 🟫

Answer 72

bridge of the nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

Question 73

frontal lobe

full word 🟫

Answer 73

front area of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 74

gyrus (gyri, pl)

full word 🟫

Answer 74

rounded elevation on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres

Question 75

hypothalamus

full word 🟫

Answer 75

an endocrine gland in the floor and wall of the third ventricle of the brain

Question 76

hypothalamic

full word 🟫

Answer 76

pertaining to the hypothalamus

Question 77

occipital lobe

full word 🟫

Answer 77

posterior area of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 78

parietal lobe

full word 🟫

Answer 78

area of the brain under the parietal bone

Question 79

sulcus (sulci, pl)

full word 🟫

Answer 79

groove on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres that separates gyri

Question 80

temporal lobe

full word 🟫

Answer 80

posterior two-thirds of cerebral hemispheres

Question 80

thalamus

full word 🟫

Answer 80

mass of grey matter under the ventricle in each cerebral hemisphere

Question 81

cerebr/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 81

brain

Question 82

cerebell-

root 🟥

Answer 82

little brain

Question 83

spin-

root 🟥

Answer 83

spinal cord

Question 84

cerebr-

root 🟥

Answer 84

cerebrum

Question 85

corpus-

root 🟥

Answer 85

body

Question 86

callos-

root 🟥

Answer 86

thickening

Question 87

front-

root 🟥

Answer 87

front of

Question 88

thalam-

root 🟥

Answer 88

thalamus

Question 89

occipit-

root 🟥

Answer 89

back of head

Question 90

pariet-

root 🟥

Answer 90

wall

Question 91

tempor-

root 🟥

Answer 91

time, temple

Question 92

hypo-

prefix 🟩

Answer 92

below

Question 93

analgesia

full word 🟫

Answer 93

state in which pain is reduced

Question 94

anesthesia

full word 🟫

Answer 94

complete loss of sensation

Question 95

arachnoid mater

full word 🟫

Answer 95

weblike middle layer of the three meninges

Question 96

dura mater

full word 🟫

Answer 96

hard, fibrous outer layer of the meninges

Question 97

epidural

full word 🟫

Answer 97

above the dura

Question 98

epidural space

full word 🟫

Answer 98

space between the dura mater and the wall of the vertebral canal

Question 99

meninges

full word 🟫

Answer 99

three-layered covering of the brain and spinal cord

Question 100

meningitis

full word 🟫

Answer 100

inflammation of the meninges

Question 101

pia mater

full word 🟫

Answer 101

delicate inner layer of the meninges

Question 102

subarachnoid space

full word 🟫

Answer 102

space between the pia mater and the arachnoid membrane

Question 103

alges-

root 🟥

Answer 103

sensation of pain

Question 104

esthes-

root 🟥

Answer 104

feeling

Question 105

arachn-

root 🟥

Answer 105

cobweb, spider

Question 106

mater

root 🟥

Answer 106

mother

Question 107

dura

root 🟥

Answer 107

hard

Question 108

dur-

root 🟥

Answer 108

dura

Question 109

mening-

root 🟥

Answer 109

meninges

Question 110

pia

root 🟥

Answer 110

delicate

Question 111

-ia

suffix 🟦

Answer 111

condition

Question 112

-oid

suffix 🟦

Answer 112

resembling

Question 113

-itis

suffix 🟦

Answer 113

inflammation

Question 114

an-

prefix 🟩

Answer 114

without

Question 115

sub-

prefix 🟩

Answer 115

under

Question 116

Alzheimer disease

full word 🟫

Answer 116

common form of dementia

Question 117

cognition

full word 🟫

Answer 117

process of acquiring knowledge through thinking, learning, and memory

Question 118

confusion

full word 🟫

Answer 118

mental state in which enviornmental stimuli are not processed appropriately

Question 119

delirium

full word 🟫

Answer 119

acute altered state of consciousness with agitation and disorientation

Question 120

dementia

full word 🟫

Answer 120

chronic, progressive, irreversible loss of the mind’s cognitive and intellectual functions

Question 121

empathy

full word 🟫

Answer 121

ability to place yourself into the feelings, emotions, and reactions of another person

Question 122

sympathy

full word 🟫

Answer 122

appreciation and concern for another person’s mental and emotional state

Question 123

sedative

full word 🟫

Answer 123

agent that calms nervous excitement

Question 124

sedation

full word 🟫

Answer 124

state of being calmed

Question 125

senile

full word 🟫

Answer 125

characteristic of old age

Question 126

stroke

cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

full word 🟫

Answer 126

acute clinical event caused by impaired cerebral circulation

Question 127

confus-

root 🟥

Answer 127

bewildered

Question 128

deliri-

root 🟥

Answer 128

disorientation, confusion

Question 129

ment-

root 🟥

Answer 129

mind

Question 130

sedat-

root 🟥

Answer 130

to calm

Question 131

sen-

root 🟥

Answer 131

old age

Question 132

-ion

suffix 🟦

Answer 132

condition, action

Question 133

-um

suffix 🟦

Answer 133

structure

Question 134

-pathy

suffix 🟦

Answer 134

emotion, disease

Question 135

-ive

suffix 🟦

Answer 135

pertaining to, quality of

Question 136

-ile

suffix 🟦

Answer 136

pertaining to

Question 137

de-

prefix 🟩

Answer 137

removal, without

Question 138

em-

prefix 🟩

Answer 138

into

Question 139

grand mal

full word 🟫

Answer 139

previous name for generalized tonic-clonic seizure

Question 140

narcolepsy

full word 🟫

Answer 140

involuntary falling asleep

Question 141

petit mal

full word 🟫

Answer 141

previous name for absence seizures

Question 142

postictal

full word 🟫

Answer 142

transient neurologic deficit after a seizure

Question 143

ictal

full word 🟫

Answer 143

pertaining to, or a condition caused by, a stroke or epilepsy

Question 144

tic

full word 🟫

Answer 144

sudden, involuntary, repeated contraction of muscles

Question 145

tonic

full word 🟫

Answer 145

state of muscular contraction

Question 146

tonic-clonic seizure

full word 🟫

Answer 146

the body alternates between excessive muscular rigidity (tonic) and jerking muscular contractions (clonic)

Question 147

Tourette syndrome

full word 🟫

Answer 147

disorder of multiple motor and vocal tics

Question 148

grand-

root 🟥

Answer 148

big

Question 149

mal-

root 🟥

Answer 149

bad

Question 150

petit-

root 🟥

Answer 150

small

Question 151

ict-

root 🟥

Answer 151

seizure

Question 152

ton-

root 🟥

Answer 152

pressure, tension

Question 153

clon-

root 🟥

Answer 153

tumult

Question 154

seiz-

root 🟥

Answer 154

to grab

Question 155

narc/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 155

stupor

Question 156

-lepsy

suffix 🟦

Answer 156

seizure

Question 157

-ure

suffix 🟦

Answer 157

a process

Question 158

post-

prefix 🟩

Answer 158

after

Question 159

aneurysm

full word 🟫

Answer 159

small, circumscribed dilation of an artery or cardiac chamber

Question 160

arteriography

full word 🟫

Answer 160

x-ray visualization of an artery after injection of contrast material

Question 161

autism

full word 🟫

Answer 161

a disorder with severly abnormal social and communication skills

Question 162

austistic

full word 🟫

Answer 162

pertaining to autism

Question 163

bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

full word 🟫

Answer 163

disease of cattle (mad cow disease) that can be transferred to humans, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Question 164

carotid endarterectomy

full word 🟫

Answer 164

surgical removal of diseased lining from the carotid artery to leave a smooth lining and restore blood flow

Question 165

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

full word 🟫

Answer 165

progressive, incurable, neurologic disease caused by infectious prions

Question 166

encephalitis

full word 🟫

Answer 166

inflammation of the brain cells and tissues

Question 167

migraine

full word 🟫

Answer 167

paroxysmal severe headache confined to one side of the head

Question 168

Parkinson disease

full word 🟫

Answer 168

disease of muscular rigidity, tremors, and a mask-like facial expression

Question 169

prion

full word 🟫

Answer 169

small, infectious protein particle

Question 170

syncope

full word 🟫

Answer 170

temporary loss on consciousness and postural tone due to dimisnished cerebral blood flow

Question 171

tremor

full word 🟫

Answer 171

small, shaking, involuntary, repetative movements of hands, extremities, neck, or jaw

Question 172

autis-

root 🟥

Answer 172

autism

Question 173

bov-

root 🟥

Answer 173

cattle

Question 174

graine-

root 🟥

Answer 174

head pain

Question 175

-graphy

suffix 🟦

Answer 175

recording

Question 176

-tic

suffix 🟦

Answer 176

pertaining to

Question 177

-form

suffix 🟦

Answer 177

apperance of

Question 178

-ectomy

suffix 🟦

Answer 178

surgical excision

Question 179

end-

prefix 🟩

Answer 179

inside

Question 180

mi-

prefix 🟩

Answer 180

derived from hemi, half

Question 181

acoustic

full word 🟫

Answer 181

pertaining to hearing

Question 182

Bell palsy

full word 🟫

Answer 182

paresis, or paralysis of one side of the face

Question 183

concussion

full word 🟫

Answer 183

mild brain injury

Question 184

contrecoup

full word 🟫

Answer 184

injury to the brain at a point directly opposite the point of contact

Question 185

contusion

full word 🟫

Answer 185

hemorrhage into a tissue including the brain

Question 186

coup

full word 🟫

Answer 186

injury to the brain directly under the skill at the point downtown

Question 187

fibromyalgia

full word 🟫

Answer 187

pain in the muscle fibers

Question 188

meningococcal

full word 🟫

Answer 188

pertaining to the meningococcus

Question 189

neuroma

full word 🟫

Answer 189

any tuor arising from cells in the nervous system

Question 190

subdural space

full word 🟫

Answer 190

space between the arachnoid and dura mater layers of the meninges

Question 191

trauma

full word 🟫

Answer 191

a physical or mental injury

Question 192

traumatic

full word 🟫

Answer 192

pertaining to or caused by trauma

Question 193

trigeminal

full word 🟫

Answer 193

fifth cranial nerve with three branches supplying the face

Question 194

neuralgia

full word 🟫

Answer 194

trigeminal neuralgia; painful facial muscles supplied by the trigeminal nerve

Question 195

tic douloureux

full word 🟫

Answer 195

synonym for trigeminal neuralgia

Question 196

concuss-

root 🟥

Answer 196

sensation of pain

Question 197

contus-

root 🟥

Answer 197

bruise

Question 198

cocc-

root 🟥

Answer 198

round bacterium

Question 199

trauma-

root 🟥

Answer 199

injury

Question 200

gemin-

root 🟥

Answer 200

double

Question 201

fibr/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 201

fiber

Question 202

my/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 202

muscle

Question 203

mening/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 203

meninges

Question 204

-algia

suffix 🟦

Answer 204

pain

Question 205

-oma

suffix 🟦

Answer 205

tumor

Question 206

demyelination

full word 🟫

Answer 206

process of losing the myelin sheath of a nerve fiber

Question 207

exacerbation

full word 🟫

Answer 207

period where there is an increase in the severity of a disease

Question 208

intermittent

full word 🟫

Answer 208

alternately ceasing and beginning again

Question 209

modify

full word 🟫

Answer 209

change the form or qualities of something

Question 210

paresthesia (paresthesias, pl)

full word 🟫

Answer 210

abnormal sensation

Question 211

remission

full word 🟫

Answer 211

period when there is a lessening or absence of the symptoms of a disease

Question 212

sclerosis

full word 🟫

Answer 212

thickening and hardening of a tissue by fibrous and glial connective tissue

Question 213

myelin-

root 🟥

Answer 213

myelin

Question 214

exacerbat-

root 🟥

Answer 214

increase, aggravate

Question 215

mitt-

root 🟥

Answer 215

send

Question 216

esthes-

root 🟥

Answer 216

sensation

Question 217

miss-

root 🟥

Answer 217

send

Question 218

scler/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 218

hardness

Question 219

-sis

suffix 🟦

Answer 219

abnormal condition

Question 220

inter-

prefix 🟩

Answer 220

between

Question 221

par(a)-

prefix 🟩

Answer 221

abnormal

Question 222

re-

prefix 🟩

Answer 222

back

Question 223

amyotrophic

full word 🟫

Answer 223

pertaining to musculat atrophy

Question 224

compression

full word 🟫

Answer 224

squeeze together to increase density and/or decrease a dimension of a structure

Question 225

herniation

full word 🟫

Answer 225

protrusion of an anatomical structure from its normal location

Question 227

hernia

full word 🟫

Answer 227

protrusion of a structure through the tissue that normally contains it

Question 228

herniate

full word 🟫

Answer 228

protrustion of a stricture through the tissue that normally contains it

Question 229

myelitis

full word 🟫

Answer 229

inflammation of the spinal cord

Question 230

neuropathy

full word 🟫

Answer 230

any disorder of the nervous system

Question 231

mononeuropathy

full word 🟫

Answer 231

disorder affecting a single nerve

Question 232

polyneuropathy

full word 🟫

Answer 232

disorder affecting many nerves

Question 233

paralyze

full word 🟫

Answer 233

to make incapable of movement

Question 234

paralysis

full word 🟫

Answer 234

loss of voluntary movement

Question 235

paralytic

full word 🟫

Answer 235

suffering from paralysis

Question 236

paresis

full word 🟫

Answer 236

partial paralysis

Question 237

hemiparesis

full word 🟫

Answer 237

weakness of one side of the body

Question 238

poliomyelitis

full word 🟫

Answer 238

inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord, leading to paralysis of the limbs and muscles of respiration

Question 239

postpolio syndrome (PPS)

full word 🟫

Answer 239

progressive muscle weakness in a person previously affected by polio

Question 240

syringomyelia

full word 🟫

Answer 240

abnormal longitudinal cavities in the spinal cord that causes paresthesias

Question 241

troph-

root 🟥

Answer 241

nourishment, development

Question 242

press-

root 🟥

Answer 242

squeeze

Question 243

herni-

root 🟥

Answer 243

rupture

Question 244

lyze-

root 🟥

Answer 244

destroy

Question 245

-lysis

root 🟥

Answer 245

destruction

Question 246

lyt-

root 🟥

Answer 246

destroy

Question 247

paresis-

root 🟥

Answer 247

weakness

Question 248

polio-

root 🟥

Answer 248

grey matter

Question 249

drome-

root 🟥

Answer 249

running

Question 250

syring/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 250

tube, pipe

Question 251

-pathy

suffix 🟦

Answer 251

disease

Question 252

com-

prefix 🟩

Answer 252

together

Question 253

mono-

prefix 🟩

Answer 253

one

Question 254

poly-

prefix 🟩

Answer 254

many

Question 255

anencephaly

full word 🟫

Answer 255

born without cerebral hemispheres

Question 256

microcephaly

full word 🟫

Answer 256

an abnormally small head

Question 257

ataxia

full word 🟫

Answer 257

inability to coordinate muscle activity, leading to jerky movements

Question 258

ataxic

full word 🟫

Answer 258

pertaining to or suffering from ataxia

Question 259

athetosis

full word 🟫

Answer 259

slow, writhing involuntary movements

Question 260

athetoid

full word 🟫

Answer 260

resembling or suffering from athetosis

Question 261

hemiplegia

full word 🟫

Answer 261

paralysis of one side of the body

Question 262

hemiplegic

full word 🟫

Answer 262

pertaining to or suffering from hemiplegia

Question 263

hemiparesis

full word 🟫

Answer 263

weakness of one side of the body

Question 264

meningocele

full word 🟫

Answer 264

protrusion of the meninges from the spinal cord or brain through a defect in the vertebral column or cranium

Question 265

meningomyelocele

full word 🟫

Answer 265

protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral arch of one or more vertebrae

Question 266

monoplegia

full word 🟫

Answer 266

paralysis of one limb

Question 267

monoplegic

full word 🟫

Answer 267

paralysis of one leg

Question 268

monoplegic

full word 🟫

Answer 268

pertaining to or suffering from monoplegia

Question 269

palsy

full word 🟫

Answer 269

paralysis of paresis from brain drain

Question 270

paraplegia

full word 🟫

Answer 270

paralysis of both lower extremities

Question 271

paraplegic

full word 🟫

Answer 271

pertaining to or suffering from paraplegia

Question 272

quadriplegia

full word 🟫

Answer 272

paralysis of all four limbs

Question 273

quadriplegic

full word 🟫

Answer 273

pertaining to or suffering from quadriplegia

Question 274

spina bifida

full word 🟫

Answer 274

failure of one or more vertebral arches to close during fetal development

Question 275

spina bifida cystica

full word 🟫

Answer 275

meninges and spinal cord protruding through the absent vertebral arch and having tha appearance of a cyst

Question 276

spina bifida occulta

full word 🟫

Answer 276

the deformity of the vertebral arch is not apparent from the surface

Question 277

teratogen

full word 🟫

Answer 277

agent that produces fetal deformities

Question 278

enceph-

root 🟥

Answer 278

brain

Question 279

ceph-

root 🟥

Answer 279

head

Question 280

tax-

root 🟥

Answer 280

coordination

Question 281

athet-

root 🟥

Answer 281

without position

Question 282

pleg-

root 🟥

Answer 282

paralysis

Question 283

fida-

root 🟥

Answer 283

split

Question 284

cyst-

root 🟥

Answer 284

cyst

Question 285

spin/a-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 285

spine

Question 286

occult/a-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 286

hidden

Question 287

terat/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 287

monster, malformed

Question 288

-aly

suffix 🟦

Answer 288

condition

Question 289

-cele

suffix 🟦

Answer 289

hernia

Question 290

-ica

suffix 🟦

Answer 290

pertaining to

Question 291

micro-

prefix 🟩

Answer 291

small

Question 292

hemi-

prefix 🟩

Answer 292

half

Question 293

quadri-

prefix 🟩

Answer 293

four

Question 294

bi-

prefix 🟩

Answer 294

two

Question 295

angiography

full word 🟫

Answer 295

x-ray visualization of blood vessels after injection of contrast material

Question 296

electromyography

full word 🟫

Answer 296

recording of electrical activity in muscle

Question 297

neuromuscular

full word 🟫

Answer 297

pertaining to both nerves and muscles

Question 298

ultrasonography

full word 🟫

Answer 298

imaging using ultra sound that detects direction, velocity, and turbulence of blood flow

Question 299

muscul-

root 🟥

Answer 299

muscle

Question 300

son/o-

root 🟥

Answer 300

sound

Question 301

-graphy

suffix 🟦

Answer 301

process of recording

Question 302

ultra-

prefix 🟩

Answer 302

beyond

Question 303

affect

full word 🟫

Answer 303

external display of feelings, emotions, and thoughts

Question 304

congruent

full word 🟫

Answer 304

coinciding or agreeing with

Question 305

delusion

full word 🟫

Answer 305

fixed, unyielding false belief despite strong evidence to the contrary

Question 306

hallucination

full word 🟫

Answer 306

perception of an object or event when there is no such thing present

Question 307

mute

full word 🟫

Answer 307

unable or unwilling to speak

Question 308

paranoia

full word 🟫

Answer 308

presence of persecutory delusions

Question 309

paranoid

full word 🟫

Answer 309

having persecutory delusions

Question 310

psychiatry

full word 🟫

Answer 310

diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Question 311

psychiatrist

full word 🟫

Answer 311

licensed medical specialist in psychiatry

Question 312

psychology

full word 🟫

Answer 312

science concerned with the behavior of the human mind

Question 313

psychologist

full word 🟫

Answer 313

licensed specialist in psychology

Question 314

psychosis

full word 🟫

Answer 314

disorder with loss of contact with reality

Question 315

psychotic

full word 🟫

Answer 315

affected by psychosis

Question 316

schizophrenia

full word 🟫

Answer 316

disorder of perception and behavior with loss of reality

Question 317

schizophrenic

full word 🟫

Answer 317

suffering from schizophrenia

Question 318

suicide

full word 🟫

Answer 318

the act of killing oneself

Question 319

suicidal

full word 🟫

Answer 319

wanting to kill oneself

Question 320

gru-

root 🟥

Answer 320

to move

Question 321

delus-

root 🟥

Answer 321

deceive

Question 322

hallucin-

root 🟥

Answer 322

imagination

Question 323

noia-

root 🟥

Answer 323

to think

Question 324

phren-

root 🟥

Answer 324

mind

Question 325

psych/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 325

mind

Question 326

schiz/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 326

to split

Question 327

su/i-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 327

self

Question 328

cid/e-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 328

kill

Question 329

-ent

suffix 🟦

Answer 329

end result

Question 330

-ation

suffix 🟦

Answer 330

condition

Question 331

-iatry

suffix 🟦

Answer 331

treatment

Question 332

-iatrist

suffix 🟦

Answer 332

one who treats

Question 333

acrophobia

full word 🟫

Answer 333

pathologic fear of heights

Question 334

agoraphobia

full word 🟫

Answer 334

pathologic fear of being trapped in a public place

Question 335

anxiety

full word 🟫

Answer 335

distress caused by fear

Question 336

biofeedback

full word 🟫

Answer 336

training techniques to achieve voluntary control of responses to stimuli

Question 337

bipolar disorder

full word 🟫

Answer 337

a mood disorder with alternating episodes of depression and mania

Question 338

claustrophobia

full word 🟫

Answer 338

pathologic fear of being trapped in a confined space

Question 339

cognitive

full word 🟫

Answer 339

pertaining to the mental activities of thinking and learning

Question 340

cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

full word 🟫

Answer 340

psychotherapy that emphasizes thoughts and atitudes in one’s behavior

Question 341

cognitive processing therapy (CPT)

full word 🟫

Answer 341

psychotherapy to build skills to deal with the effects of trauma in other areas of life

Question 342

compulsion

full word 🟫

Answer 342

uncontrollable impulses to perform an act repetitively

Question 343

compulsive

full word 🟫

Answer 343

possesing uncontrollable impulses to perform an act repetitively

Question 344

depression

full word 🟫

Answer 344

mental disorder with feelings of deep sadness and despair

Question 345

electroconvulsive therapy

full word 🟫

Answer 345

passage of electric currect through the brain to produce convulsions and treat persistent depression, mania, and other disorders

Question 346

hypochondriac

full word 🟫

Answer 346

a person who exaggerates the significance of symptoms

Question 347

hypochondriasis

full word 🟫

Answer 347

belief that a minor symptom indicates a severe disease

Question 348

insomnia

full word 🟫

Answer 348

inability to sleep

Question 349

mania

full word 🟫

Answer 349

mood disorder with hyperactivity, irritability and rapid speech

Question 350

manic

full word 🟫

Answer 350

pertaining to or characterized by mania

Question 351

manic-depressive disorder

full word 🟫

Answer 351

an outdated name for bipolar disorder

Question 352

obsession

full word 🟫

Answer 352

persistentm recurrect, uncontrollable thoughts or impulses

Question 353

obsessive

full word 🟫

Answer 353

possessing persistent, recurrent, uncontrollable thoughts or impulses

Question 354

phobia

full word 🟫

Answer 354

pathologic fear or dread

Question 355

posttraumatic

full word 🟫

Answer 355

occuring after and caused by trauma

Question 356

psychosomatic

full word 🟫

Answer 356

pertaining to disorders of the body usually resulting from disturbances of the mind

Question 357

unipolar disorder

full word 🟫

Answer 357

depression

Question 358

acr/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 358

peak, highest point

Question 359

agor/a-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 359

marketplace

Question 360

claustr/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 360

confined space

Question 361

feed-

root 🟥

Answer 361

to give food, nourish

Question 362

back-

root 🟥

Answer 362

back, return

Question 363

pol-

root 🟥

Answer 363

pole

Question 364

cognit-

root 🟥

Answer 364

thinking

Question 365

behav-

root 🟥

Answer 365

mental activity

Question 366

cess-

root 🟥

Answer 366

going foreward

Question 367

compuls-

root 🟥

Answer 367

drive, compel

Question 368

depress-

root 🟥

Answer 368

press down

Question 369

vuls-

root 🟥

Answer 369

tear, pull

Question 370

chondr-

root 🟥

Answer 370

cartilage

Question 371

somn-

root 🟥

Answer 371

sleep

Question 372

man-

root 🟥

Answer 372

mania

Question 373

obsess-

root 🟥

Answer 373

besieged by thoughts

Question 374

soma-

root 🟥

Answer 374

body

Question 375

-phobia

suffix 🟦

Answer 375

fear

Question 376

-ior

suffix 🟦

Answer 376

pertaining to

Question 377

-ing

suffix 🟦

Answer 377

doing

Question 378

-iac

suffix 🟦

Answer 378

pertaining to

Question 379

pro-

prefix 🟩

Answer 379

before

Question 380

in-

prefix 🟩

Answer 380

not

Question 381

addict

full word 🟫

Answer 381

person with a psychologic or physical dependence on a substance or practice

Question 382

addiction

full word 🟫

Answer 382

habitual psychologic and psysiologic dependence ona substance or practice

Question 383

antisocial personality disorder

full word 🟫

Answer 383

disorder of people who lie, cheat, steal, and have no guilt about their behavior

Question 384

dissociative identity disorder

full word 🟫

Answer 384

mental disorder in which part of an individuals personality is separated from the rest, leading to multiple personalities

Question 385

kleptomania

full word 🟫

Answer 385

uncontrollable need to steal

Question 386

narcissism

full word 🟫

Answer 386

self-love, person interprets everything purely in relation to themself

Question 387

narcissistic

full word 🟫

Answer 387

relating everything to oneself

Question 388

pathologic gambling

full word 🟫

Answer 388

morbid, constant, uncontrollable, destructive gambling

Question 389

psychopath

full word 🟫

Answer 389

person with antisocial personality disorder

Question 390

pyromania

full word 🟫

Answer 390

morbid impulse to set fires

Question 391

schizoid

full word 🟫

Answer 391

withdrawn, socially isolated

Question 392

self-mutilation

full word 🟫

Answer 392

injury or disfigurement made to one’s own body

Question 393

sociopath

full word 🟫

Answer 393

person with antisocial personality disorder

Question 394

dict-

root 🟥

Answer 394

surrender

Question 395

soci-

root 🟥

Answer 395

partner, ally, community

Question 396

person-

root 🟥

Answer 396

person

Question 397

narciss-

root 🟥

Answer 397

selflove

Question 398

mutil-

root 🟥

Answer 398

to maim

Question 399

klept/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 399

to steal

Question 400

-mania

suffix 🟦

Answer 400

frenzy

Question 401

-ism

suffix 🟦

Answer 401

a process

Question 402

-istic

suffix 🟦

Answer 402

pertaining to

Question 403

ad-

prefix 🟩

Answer 403

toward

Question 404

antiepileptic

full word 🟫

Answer 404

an agent to supress seizures

Question 405

anxiolytic

full word 🟫

Answer 405

an agent that reduces the symptoms of anxiety

Question 406

dependence

full word 🟫

Answer 406

state of needing someone or something

Question 407

depressant

full word 🟫

Answer 407

substance that diminishes activitym sensation, or tone

Question 408

antidepressant

full word 🟫

Answer 408

an agent to supress the symptoms of depression

Question 409

endorphin

full word 🟫

Answer 409

natural substance in the brain that has the same effect as opium

Question 410

euphoria

full word 🟫

Answer 410

exaggerated feeling of well-being

Question 411

narcotic

full word 🟫

Answer 411

drug derived from opium or a synthetic drug with similar effects

Question 412

psychedelic

full word 🟫

Answer 412

agent that intensifies sensory perception

Question 413

psycoactive

full word 🟫

Answer 413

able to alter mood, behavior, and/or cognition

Question 414

stimulant

full word 🟫

Answer 414

agent that excites or strengthens functional activity

Question 415

tolerance

full word 🟫

Answer 415

the capacity to become accustomed to a stimulus or drug

Question 416

tranquilizer

full word 🟫

Answer 416

agent that calms without sedating or depressing

Question 417

epilet-

root 🟥

Answer 417

seizure

Question 418

orphin-

root 🟥

Answer 418

morphine

Question 419

phor-

root 🟥

Answer 419

to carry

Question 420

del-

root 🟥

Answer 420

visivle

Question 421

act-

root 🟥

Answer 421

performance

Question 422

stimul-

root 🟥

Answer 422

excite

Question 423

toler-

root 🟥

Answer 423

endure

Question 424

tranquil-

root 🟥

Answer 424

calm

Question 425

anxi/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 425

anxiety

Question 426

narc/o-

root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

Answer 426

sleep

Question 427

-lytic

suffix 🟦

Answer 427

soluble

Question 428

-ance

suffix 🟦

Answer 428

condition

Question 429

-ant

suffix 🟦

Answer 429

agent

Question 430

-izer

suffix 🟦

Answer 430

affect in a particular way

Question 431

anti-

prefix 🟩

Answer 431

against

Question 432

eu-

prefix 🟩

Answer 432

normal

Question 433

end-

prefix 🟩

Answer 433

within