Chronic Daily Headache

Question 1

hemicrania

Answer 1

“one side of the head”

Question 2

intracranial

Answer 2

within the skull

Question 3

idio-

Answer 3

private; peculiar; personal

Question 4

idiopathic

Answer 4

of unknown cause

Question 5

hypertension

Answer 5

high blood pressure

Question 6

lumbar

Answer 6

l1-l5 of spine (by the stomach)

Question 7

mandible

Answer 7

lower jaw

Question 8

temporomandibular

Answer 8

part that connects mandible to skull

Question 9

alveoli

Answer 9

a small pocket or pit (like the pit of a tooth)

Question 10

superior alviolar nerve

Answer 10

nerves of the avioli on the top teeth

Question 11

inferior alviolar nerve

Answer 11

nerves of the avioli under the bottom teeth

Question 12

lingual nerve

Answer 12

the nerve for the tongue

Question 13

trigeminal nerve

Answer 13

nerve behind the nose connecting the opthalmic, maxilary and mandibular branches

Question 14

opthalmic branch

Answer 14

branch of eye nerves

Question 15

maxilary branch

Answer 15

branch containing the superior alviolar nerves

Question 16

mandibular branch

Answer 16

branch containing the inferior alviolar nerves

Question 17

occiput (occipucio in spanish)

Answer 17

back of the head

Question 18

occipital nerve

Answer 18

nerves in the occiput

Question 19

greater occipital nerve

Answer 19

the largest, middle occipital nerve

Question 20

lesser occipital nerve

Answer 20

the second-smallest, away-from-center occipital nerve

Question 21

third occipital nerve

Answer 21

the smallest, most inward occipital nerve

Question 22

meninges

Answer 22

three layers of membrane protecting the brain and spinal chord

Question 23

dura (or “dura mater”)

Answer 23

outer-most layer of meninges

Question 24

arachnoid

Answer 24

middle layer of meninges

Question 25

pia (or “pia mater”)

Answer 25

inner-most layer of meninges

Question 26

hematoma

Answer 26

abnormal collection of blood outside the vessels that is more or less clotted or in a pocket

Question 27

subdural hematoma

Answer 27

hematoma underneath the dura mater

Question 28

arteritis

Answer 28

inflammation of the arteries

Question 29

ischemia

Answer 29

restriction in blood supply to tissues

Question 30

hemorrhage

Answer 30

spilling of blood from a broken vessel, and on-going

Question 31

stroke

Answer 31

blood supply to (part of brain) is reduced

Question 32

venous

Answer 32

partaining to veins

Question 33

vein vs artery

Answer 33

vein -> heart -> artery -> vein

Question 34

thrombus

Answer 34

blood clot in the vessel that stays there

Question 35

thrombosis

Answer 35

when blood clots block veins

Question 36

apnea

Answer 36

temporary cessation of breathing

Question 37

hypoxia

Answer 37

state of being too low on oxygen to carry out bodily functions

Question 38

carbia

Answer 38

pertaining to carbon

Question 39

thyroid

Answer 39

gland around the neck