Chapter 12 Difficult Terms

Question 1

inflammatory disease of central nervous system in which there is weakness and numbness due to loss of myelin insulation from nerves

Answer 1

multiple sclerosis

Question 1

disease of nervous system which nerves lose myelin covering

Answer 1

Guillain Barre syndrome

Question 2

disease with muscular weakness and atrophy due to degeneration of motor neurons of the spinal cord

Answer 2

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question 3

disease with severe muscular weakness and fatigue due to insufficient neurotransmitter at a synapse

Answer 3

myasthenia gravis

Question 4

congenital defect in walls of spinal canal in which the laminae of vertebra don’t meet or close

Answer 4

spina bifida