Chp 11 - Nervous System Flashcards
encephal/o
brain
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
mening/o
meninges
chord/o
spinal chord
neur/o
nerve
somat/o
body
cerebell/o
cerebellum
home/o
same
-glia
glue
frontal lobe
speech, personality, emotions and problem solving
insular lobe
empathy, interpretive awareness and cognition
temporal lobe
controls hearing and smell
parietal lobe
touch, taste, and spatial perception; internal compass
occipital lobe
responsible for vision
cerebrum
largest part of the brain; divided into 2 hemispheres
dura mater
tough, fibrous outer layer of the meninges
hemiplegia
paralysis on one side of body
syncope
fainting
paraplegia
paralysis of lower limbs and trunk
quadriplegia
paralysis of arms, legs, and trunk
TIA
Transient Ischemic Attack; temporary loss of blood to the brain that may develop until a full-blow stroke; “Warning Stroke”
hematoma
bruise
Alzheimer’s Disease
condition characterized by impairment of cognitive function, memory loss, disorientation, progressive dementia
Parkinson’s Disease
condition characterized by fine tremors, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, and bradykinesia
CVA
Cerebral Vascular Accident; Stroke; severe TIA
MS
Multiple Sclerosis; destruction of the myelin sheaths around the nerves
MD
Muscular Dystrophy; progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle w/o neural involvement
Lumbar Puncture
Spinal Tap; used to obtain cerebrospinal fluid for analysis
Nerve Conduction Test
measures how fast an impulse travels along a nerve after stimulus
neuron
nerve cell
amnesia
loss of memory
convulsion
seizure
coma
prolonged unconsciousness
Bell’s Palsey
facial paralysis
EEG
recording the electrical activity of the brain
meningitis
inflammation or infection of the dura mater and/or pia mater
ALS
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gehrig’s disease
contusion
bruise of the brain
vertigo
dizziness
migraine
headache of vascular origin
transcutaneous
pertaining to through the skin
CTS
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; compression injury of the median nerve at the wrist.
