Nervous

Question 1

Cerebell/o

Answer 1

Cerebellum; Acute cerebellitis

Question 2

Cerebr/o

Answer 2

Cerebrum; Cerebromalacia

Question 3

Cortic/o

Answer 3

Cerebral cortex; Corticogenesis

Question 4

Encephal/o

Answer 4

Brain; Encephalitis

Question 5

Gangli/o, Ganglion/o

Answer 5

Ganglion; Basal ganglia

Question 6

Radicul/o

Answer 6

Spinal nerve root; radiculopathy

Question 7

Gli/o

Answer 7

Glia (neuroglial) cells protect, support, and nourish neurons; Glioblastoma

Question 8

-lalia

Answer 8

Babble or speech; Palilalia

Question 9

-lepsy

Answer 9

Seizure; epilepsy

Question 10

-lexia

Answer 10

Reading; dyslexia

Question 11

-mania

Answer 11

Excessive or excited state; Kleptomania

Question 12

Somn/o, somn/o

Answer 12

Sleep; insomnia

Question 13

Medull/o

Answer 13

medulla oblongata or spinal cord; medulloepithelioma

Question 14

Mening/o, meninge/o

Answer 14

Meninges; Meningitis

Question 15

Myel/o

Answer 15

spinal cord; myelodysplastic syndrome

Question 16

Narc/o

Answer 16

unconsciousness or stupor; Narcolepsy

Question 17

Neur/o, neur/i

Answer 17

nervous system, tissues, or nerves | neurotransmitter

Question 18

Thalam/o

Answer 18

Thalamus; Thalamic hemorrhage

Question 19

-paresis

Answer 19

weakness or partial paralysis; hemiparesis

Question 20

-phasia

Answer 20

speech; dysphasia

Question 21

-phobia

Answer 21

irrational or persistent fear; Latrophobia

Question 22

-plegia

Answer 22

Paralysis; paraplegia

Question 23

-psych/o

Answer 23

Mind; psychology

Question 24

ventricul/o

Answer 24

ventricle or cavity; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Question 25

Dendrite

Answer 25

A fiber in the neuron that carries impulses towards the body of a cell

Question 26

Craniotomy

Answer 26

Surgical opening in the skull

Question 27

Laminectomy

Answer 27

Excision of the vertebral posterior arch or spinal process

Question 28

Paranoia

Answer 28

A mental disorder; often includes delusions involving persecution

Question 29

Discectomy

Answer 29

Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc

Question 30

Neuritis

Answer 30

Inflammation of a nerve

Question 31

Neuralgia

Answer 31

Severe or stabbing pain in the course or distribution of a nerve

Question 32

Amnesia

Answer 32

Loss of memory

Question 33

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 33

Repair or severed nerve by suture, graft, or with synthetic conduit

Question 34

Poliomyelitis

Answer 34

Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord

Question 35

Myelin

Answer 35

A substance that covers some axons to insulate, protect, and assist in electrical conduction

Question 36

Subdural

Answer 36

Below the dura mater

Question 37

Ataxia

Answer 37

Loss of muscular coordination

Question 38

Meningitis

Answer 38

Inflammation of the meninges or the membranes covering the spinal cord or brain

Question 39

Epilepsy

Answer 39

A brain disorder characterized by electrical-like disturbances resulting in seizures

Question 40

Spinal

Answer 40

Pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

Question 41

Epidural

Answer 41

Pertaining to above or outside the dura mater

Question 42

Sciatica

Answer 42

Severe pain along the sciatic nerve, usually unilateral based on the nerve root affected

Question 43

Cephalgia

Answer 43

Headache

Question 44

Radiculitis

Answer 44

Inflammation of the spinal nerve roots

Question 45

Axon

Answer 45

A fiber in the neuron that carries impulses away from the body of a cell

Question 46

Encephalomalacia

Answer 46

Softening of the brain often due to ischemia or infarction

Question 47

Psychosis

Answer 47

An abnormal condition of the mind, gross disorganization, or distortion of mental capacity

Question 48

Intracranial

Answer 48

Within the skull

Question 49

Bradykinesia

Answer 49

Abnormal or slowness of motion