Exercises 1

Question 1

Inability to produce vocal sounds

Answer 1

aphonia

Question 2

Suture of a nerve

Answer 2

neurorrhaphy

Question 3

Inflammation of the meninges

Answer 3

meningitis

Question 4

Surgical correction of a defect in the skull

Answer 4

cranioplasty

Question 5

Abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain

Answer 5

hydrocephalus

Question 6

An incision into the thalamus

Answer 6

thalamotomy

Question 7

Surgical removal of a part of a nerve

Answer 7

neurectomy

Question 8

An instrument for measuring muscular strength

Answer 8

sthenometer

Question 9

Loss of sensation

Answer 9

anaesthesia

Question 10

Inflammation of spinal nerve roots

Answer 10

radiculitis

Question 11

largest part of the brain

Answer 11

cerebrum

Question 12

10th cranial nerve

Answer 12

vagus

Question 13

bundle of neurons

Answer 13

nerve

Question 14

response to a stimulus

Answer 14

reflex

Question 15

part of the brain that controls balance, movement and coordination

Answer 15

cerebellum

Question 16

controls temperature in the body

Answer 16

hypothalamus

Question 17

lobe of the brain that processes speech

Answer 17

temporal

Question 18

nervous system that controls organs in times of stress

Answer 18

sympathetic nervous system

Question 19

grooves in the cerebral cortex

Answer 19

sulci

Question 20

nervous system that contains the brain and spinal cord

Answer 20

central nervous system

Question 21

In which lobe is the Wernicke area, responsible for speech recognition?

Answer 21

temporal

Question 22

Where are the largest blood vessels serving the brain found?

Answer 22

subarachnoid space

Question 23

The ridges in the surface of the cerebral cortex are the

Answer 23

gyri

Question 24

Where is the exit point for motor nerves in the spinal cord?

Answer 24

ventral horns

Question 25

The long, slender projection from a neuron is a/an

Answer 25

axon

Question 26

What is the "memory-indexer" in the limbic system?

Answer 26

hippocampus

Question 27

Spinal nerves are part of which system?

Answer 27

somatic nervous system

Question 28

Which neuroglial cells insulate axons in the CNS?

Answer 28

oligodendrocytes

Question 29

In which part of the brain is the thalamus?

Answer 29

diencephalon

Question 30

Which cranial nerve controls chewing muscles?

Answer 30

trigeminal