Chapter 5 Diagnosic Procedures, Structure, Function, Professiknal Terms, And Seizure 5.3

Question 1

Procedure used to examine blood vessels in the brain

Answer 1

Cerebral angiography

Question 2

Procedure used to examine the brain using soundwaves

Answer 2

Echoencepholography

Question 3

Procedure for studying the brain

Answer 3

Encphalography

Question 4

Inserting the needle into the lumbar region of the spine in order to collect final fluid, commonly called a spinal tap

Answer 4

Lumbar puncture

Question 5

Procedure used to examine blood vessels

Answer 5

Magnetic resonance angiography

Question 6

Image of the spinal cord, usually done using x-ray

Answer 6

Myelogram

Question 7

An imaging procedure that uses radiation to produce cross-sections of the brain

Answer 7

Positron emission tomography scan (PET)

Question 8

And imaging technique that produces an image of the brain using soundwaves sent through the skull

Answer 8

Transcranial Doppler sonography

Question 9

Inflammation of the cerebellum

Answer 9

Ceebellitis

Question 10

Hernia of the brain

Answer 10

Encephalocele

Question 11

A tumor like mass made of blood

Answer 11

Hematoma

Question 12

A hematoma beneath the skull

Answer 12

Cranial hematoma

Question 13

A hematoma located on top of the Dura

Answer 13

Epidural hematoma

Question 14

A hematoma located inside the brain

Answer 14

Intracerebral hematoma

Question 15

A hematoma located but need the Dura

Answer 15

Sub dural hematoma

Question 16

Abnormally large head

Answer 16

Macrocephaly

Question 17

Abnormally small head

Answer 17

Microcephaly

Question 18

A hernia of the meninges

Answer 18

Meningocele

Question 19

A hernia of the spinal cord

Answer 19

Myelocele

Question 20

Abnormal softening of the spinal cord

Answer 20

Myelomalacia

Question 21

A hernia of the spinal cord and meninges

Answer 21

Myelomeningocele

Question 22

Nerve inflammation

Answer 22

Neuritis

Question 23

Inability to comprehend

Answer 23

Agnosia

Question 24

Lack of emotion

Answer 24

Apathy

Question 25

Inability to locate a sensation

Answer 25

Atopognosis

Question 26

Increase in muscle movement or activity

Answer 26

Hyperkinesia

Question 27

Nerve weakness

Answer 27

Neurasthenia

Question 28

Deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity

Answer 28

Neuroglycopenia

Question 29

Involuntary back and forth Eye movements

Answer 29

Nystagmus

Question 30

Inability to recognize faces

Answer 30

Prosopagnosia

Question 31

Doctor Who specializes in anesthesiology

Answer 31

Anesthesiologist

Question 32

And nerve that carries impulses toward the central nervous system

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Afferent nerve

Question 33

A nerve that carries impulses away from the central nervous system

Answer 33

Efferent nerve

Question 34

Originating from/created by nerves

Answer 34

Neurogenic

Question 35

Originating in/created by the mind

Answer 35

Psycho genic

Question 36

Doctor Who specializes in treatment of the mind

Answer 36

Psychiatrist

Question 37

Branch of medicine that focuses on the treatment of the mind

Answer 37

Psychiatry

Question 38

Doctor Who specializes in the study of the mind

Answer 38

Psychologist

Question 39

Branch of medicine that focuses on the study of the mind

Answer 39

Psychology

Question 40

Pertaining to the relationship between the body and the mind

Answer 40

Psychosomatic

Question 41

Having no known cause of origin

Answer 41

Idiopathic

Question 42

Time between seizures

Answer 42

Interictal

Question 43

Time after a seizure

Answer 43

Postictal

Question 44

Pertaining to muscle tone

Answer 44

Tonic

Question 45

Muscle spasm or twitching

Answer 45

Clonus

Question 46

A seizure characterized by both a tonic and a clonic face

Answer 46

Tonic-clonic seizure

Question 47

Time before a seizure

Answer 47

Preictal