Medical, surgical, and Diagnostic procedures

Question 1

EEG

Answer 1

recording of electrical activity in brain

Question 2

EMG

Answer 2

recording of electrical signals that occur in muscle to asses muscular disease or nerve damage

Question 3

lumbar puncture

Answer 3

needle puncture of spinal cavity to extract spinal fluid for diagnostic purposes

Question 4

nerve conduction velocity

Answer 4

test that measures the speed at which impulses travel through a nerve

Question 5

cyrosurgery

Answer 5

technique exposes abnormal tissue to extreme cold to destroy it

Question 6

sterotactic radio surgery

Answer 6

focused radiation beams used to treat tumors and growths and minimal exposure to healthy tissue

Question 7

thalamotomy

Answer 7

partial destruction of the thalamus to treat intractable pain

Question 8

tractotomy

Answer 8

transection of a nerve tract in the brain stem or spinal cord

Question 9

trephination

Answer 9

technique that cuts a circular opening into the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease pressure

Question 10

ventriculopertoneal shunting

Answer 10

relives intracranial pressure due to hydrocephalus by diverting excess cerebrospinal fluid from within the ventricle