Chapter 12 - Diseases of the Nervous System

Question 1

What do the ventricles in the brain produce?

Answer 1

Cerebrospinal Fluid

Question 2

Where does the CSF circulation start from?

Answer 2

From the two lateral ventricles through intraventricular foramina

Question 3

Where does the third ventricle go through?

Answer 3

Cerebral aqueduct into the 4th ventricle

Question 4

Where does the 4th Ventricle go through?

Answer 4

Through the lateral and medial apertures

Question 5

The loss of cerebral control following injury; An immediate and temporary disturbance of brain functions

Answer 5

Concussion

Question 6

A crushing compression of the brain that leads to hemorrhaging and swelling

Answer 6

Contusion

Question 7

A cutting wound that penetrates the skull; Results in bleeding

Answer 7

Laceration

Question 8

A hemorrhage that is due to a fracture or trauma to the head; Blood starts to pool. If unrelieved could die in days or weeks

Answer 8

Extradural Hemorrhage

Question 9

Three Types of Intracranial Hemorrhages?

Answer 9

Extradural, Subdural and Subarachnoid

Question 10

More severe fracture or injury in the intracranial hemorrhage; Death within a few days

Answer 10

Subdural hemorrhage

Question 11

Most severe intracranial; Rapid bleeding in the brain; Death within hours

Answer 11

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Question 12

Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord

Answer 12

Meningitis

Question 13

Life threatening form of meningitis that could cause epidemic meningitis

Answer 13

Bacterial Meningitis

Question 14

Most common form of meningitis for people with impaired immune systems

Answer 14

Fungal Meningitis

Question 15

The causes of Meningitis?

Answer 15

Viruses
Fungi
Protozoans
Cancers

Question 16

The main symptom of Meningitis?

Answer 16

Stiff neck

Question 17

Temporary lack of circulation to a part of the brain; Could cause ischemia?

Answer 17

Transient Ischemic Attack

Question 18

What is the main side effect of Transient Ischemic Attacks?

Answer 18

Mini Strokes

Question 19

An apoplexy/ Stroke; The Sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen caused by a blockage or rupture of an artery in the brain

Answer 19

Cerebrovascular Accident

Question 20

What does the Cerebrovascular Accident all depend on?

Answer 20

The size of the hemorrhage

Question 21

What is the most common symptom of a Cerebrovascular Accident?

Answer 21

Weakness or paralysis of one side of the body with partial or complete loss of voluntary movement

Question 22

Inflammation of the brain

Answer 22

Encephalitis

Question 23

The symptoms of Encephalitis?

Answer 23

Swelling of the brain
Fever
Headache

Question 24

Acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 24

Encephalomyelitis

Question 25

Late stages of syphilis often affect the brain and spinal cord

Answer 25

Neurosyphilis

Question 26

The damage to the brain in neurosyphilis is what?

Answer 26

General Paresis

Question 27

What is the damage to the spinal cord in neurosyphilis?

Answer 27

Tabes Dorsalis

Question 28

Inflmmation of a nerve or nerves

Answer 28

Neuritis

Question 29

The three main symptoms of Neuritis?

Answer 29

Hyperesthesia Paresthia Dysesthesia

Question 30

Mass of immune cells, pus, and other material draining into deeper brain tissue

Answer 30

Cerebral Abscess

Question 31

What is the result of a Cerebral Abscess?

Answer 31

Necrosis of healthy brain tissue; Encephalomalacia

Question 32

Inflammation of the spinal cord

Answer 32

PolioMyelitis

Question 33

Acute viral infection of the central nervous system of warm blooded animals

Answer 33

Rabies

Question 34

The biggest result of Rabies?

Answer 34

Hydrophobia

Question 35

Bacterial disease that effects the nervous system

Answer 35

Tetanus

Question 36

What are the toxins in tetanus attached to?

Answer 36

Motor Neurons

Question 37

Chronic neurogenic disease marked by sudden alterations in consciousness and convulsions

Answer 37

Epilepsy

Question 38

A small seizure where you lose consciousness for only a few seconds

Answer 38

Petit mal Seizure

Question 39

A larger seizure where you lose consciousness for a few minutes. May result in cyanosis and you will turn blue some

Answer 39

Grand mal Seizure

Question 40

Progressive and fatal brain disease due to formation of protein plaques or tangles of nerve fibers that interfere with communication between nerve cells in the brain

Answer 40

Alzheimers

Question 41

Most common form of dementia?

Answer 41

Alzheimers

Question 42

The most common symptom of Alzheimers?

Answer 42

Amnesia (Short term memory loss)

Question 43

External surface of the brain with widened sulci and narrowed gyri mostly over frontal and parietal regions

Answer 43

Cerebral Atrophy

Question 44

Lou Gehrigs Disease; Caused by destruction of both upper and lower motor neurons

Answer 44

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; ALS

Question 45

Degenerative disorder of the central nervous system basal ganglia causing faulty nerve signal transmission

Answer 45

Parkinson's Disease

Question 46

What is the cause of Parkinson's disease?

Answer 46

Insufficient dopamine

Question 47

Disease of the nervous system; remissions and relapse Hardening or sclerosis scattered throughout the grey and white matters of the brain stem and the spinal cord

Answer 47

Multiple Sclerosis

Question 48

What gets attacked in Multiple Sclerosis?

Answer 48

Attacks its own Myelin

Question 49

The main symptom of Multiple Sclerosis?

Answer 49

Loss of coordination

Question 50

Rare, degenerative brain disorder where the protein Prion is folded abnormally

Answer 50

Creutzfeldt -Jakob Disease

Question 51

Motor disturbance present at birth, usually due to a congenital birth defect or trauma

Answer 51

Cerebral Palsy

Question 52

Excessive accumulation of CSF in the ventricles of the brain

Answer 52

Hydrocephalus

Question 53

Brain and spinal cord tumor

Answer 53

Neoplasms

Question 54

Tumors that originate in the neuroglia of the brain

Answer 54

Gliomas

Question 55

Type of Glioma; Astrocytes in the brain or spinal cord

Answer 55

Astrocytomas

Question 56

Tumor of meninges

Answer 56

Meningioma

Question 57

Malignant tumor of one or both eyes

Answer 57

Retinoblastoma

Question 58

Renal Calculus or gravel

Answer 58

Nephrolithiasis

Question 59

Prefix meaning kidney

Answer 59

Nephr

Question 60

Suffix meaning pain

Answer 60

Odynia

Question 61

Suffix meaning like

Answer 61

Oid

Question 62

Prefix meaning few

Answer 62

Oligo

Question 63

Diminished amount of urine production

Answer 63

Oliguria

Question 64

Suffix meaning tumor

Answer 64

Oma

Question 65

Inflammation of an ovary

Answer 65

Oophoritis

Question 66

A condition or disease in which there is a change in anatomy

Answer 66

Organic

Question 67

Suffix meaning full of

Answer 67

Osis