Chapter 17: The Nervous System and Behavioral Disorders

Question 1

neur/o, neur/i

Answer 1

nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve

Question 2

gli/o

Answer 2

neuroglia

Question 3

gangli/o, ganglion/o

Answer 3

ganglion

Question 4

mening/o, meninge/o

Answer 4

meninges

Question 5

myel/o

Answer 5

spinal cord (also bone marrow)

Question 6

radicul/o

Answer 6

spinal nerve root

Question 7

enephal/o

Answer 7

brain

Question 8

cerebr/o

Answer 8

cerebrum (loosely, brain)

Question 9

cortic/o

Answer 9

cerebral cortex, outer portion

Question 10

cerebell/o

Answer 10

cerebellum

Question 11

thalam/o

Answer 11

thalamus

Question 12

ventricul/o

Answer 12

cavity, ventricle

Question 13

medull/o

Answer 13

medulla oblongata (also spinal cord)

Question 14

psych/o

Answer 14

mind

Question 15

narc/o

Answer 15

stupor, unconsciousness

Question 16

somn/o, somn/i

Answer 16

sleep

Question 17

-phasia

Answer 17

speech

Question 18

-lalia

Answer 18

speech, babble

Question 19

-lexia

Answer 19

reading

Question 20

-plegia

Answer 20

paralysis

Question 21

-paresis*

Answer 21

partial paralysis, weakness

* may be used alone as a word

Question 22

-lepsy

Answer 22

seizure

Question 23

-phobia*

Answer 23

persistent, irrational fear

* may be used alone as a word

Question 24

-maia*

Answer 24

excited state, obsession

*may be used alone as a word

Question 25

AD

Answer 25

Alzheimer disease

Question 26

ADHD

Answer 26

attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

Question 27

CNS

Answer 27

central nervous system

Question 28

CP

Answer 28

cerebral palsy

Question 29

CSF

Answer 29

cerebrospinal fluid

Question 30

CVA

Answer 30

cerebrovascular accident

Question 31

EEG

Answer 31

electroencepahlogram (graph)

Question 32

LOC

Answer 32

level of consciousness

Question 33

LP

Answer 33

lumbar puncture

Question 34

MS

Answer 34

multiple sclerosis

Question 35

TIA

Answer 35

transient ischemic attack