Chapter 8 F (Diagnosis, Clinical Procedures, and Laboratory Tests)

Question 1

Babinski’s reflex

Answer 1

Refelx on the plantar surface of the foot

Question 2

Cerebral angiogram

Answer 2

X-ray of the brain’s blood vessels after a dye is injected

Question 3

Computerized (axial) tomography (CT or CAT) scan

Answer 3

Radiographic imaging that produces cross-sectional images

Question 4

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Answer 4

Record of the electrical impulses of the brain

Question 5

Encephalogram

Answer 5

Record of the radiographic study of the ventricles of the brain

Question 6

Evoked potentials

Answer 6

Record of the electrical wave patterns observed in an EEG

Question 7

Lumbar (spinal) puncture

Answer 7

Withdrawal of cerebrospinal fluid from between two lumbar vertebrae

Question 8

Myelogram

Answer 8

X-ray of the spinal cord after a contrast medium has been injected

Question 9

Nerve conduction velocity

Answer 9

Timing of the conductivity of an electrical shock administered to peripheral nerves

Question 10

PET (positron emission tomography)

Answer 10

Imaging of the brain using radioactive isotopes and tomography

Question 11

Polysomnography

Answer 11

Recording of electrical and movement patterns during sleep

Question 12

Reflex

Answer 12

Involuntary muscular contraction in response to a stimulus

Question 13

SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) brain scan

Answer 13

Brain image produced by the use of radioactive isotopes

Question 14

Transcranial sonogram

Answer 14

Brain images produced by the use of sound waves