Diagnostic Treatments & Medications of the Nervous System

Question 1

A medication that produces calm without sleep.

Answer 1

Sedative

Question 2

Administered to prevent seizures.

Answer 2

Anticonvulsant

Question 3

aka “Spinal tap”. A process to obtain a sample of cerebrospinal fluid.

Answer 3

Lumbar Puncture

Question 4

An ultrasound of the brain.

Answer 4

Echoencephalography

Question 5

An ultrasound of the carotid artery.

Answer 5

Carotid ultrasonography

Question 6

Medication to induce anesthesia

Answer 6

Anesthetic

Question 7

Acts primarily on the CNS where it produces temporary changes affecting the mind, emotions, and behaviour.

Answer 7

Psychotropic drug

Question 8

Administered to treat symptoms of severe disorders of thinking and mood that are associated with neurological and psychiatric illnesses (schizophrenia, mania, and delusional disorders).

Answer 8

Antipsychotic drug

Question 9

The classification of drug that depresses the CNS and usually “produces sleep”

Answer 9

Hypnotic

Question 10

aka “Tranquilizer”

Answer 10

Anxiolytic drug