Nervous System

Question 1

-cele

Answer 1

hernia or abnormal protrusion

Question 2

astro

Answer 2

star shaped

Question 3

cephal or cephalo

Answer 3

head

Question 4

crani

Answer 4

skull

Question 5

dys

Answer 5

difficult painful or abnormal

Question 6

encephala or encephalo

Answer 6

inside the head

Question 7

mening or meningo

Answer 7

membranes around brain and cord

Question 8

myel or myelo

Answer 8

spinal cord

Question 9

neur or neuro

Answer 9

nerve

Question 10

-pathy

Answer 10

disease or abnormality

Question 11

-plasia

Answer 11

development, formation, growth and development

Question 12

-plegia

Answer 12

paralysis

Question 13

ventriculo

Answer 13

cavity

Question 14

neurologist

Answer 14

doctor specializing in diseases of the brain, cord, and nerves

Question 15

lumbar puncture

Answer 15

inserting a needle into the spinal column to sample the cerebrospinal fluid

Question 16

brain scan

Answer 16

introducing a radioactive element into the blood to image the brain

Question 17

electroencephalography

Answer 17

a procedure used to measure the brain’s electrical activity

Question 18

multiple sclerosis

Answer 18

hard plaque formation in the brain along with loss of nerve fiber insulation

Question 19

cerebrovascular accident

Answer 19

a stroke

Question 20

transient ischemic attack

Answer 20

short period of insufficient blood/oxygen supply

Question 21

epilepsy

Answer 21

seizures

Question 22

aphasia

Answer 22

loss of speech

Question 23

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 23

a degenerative disease affecting movement where nerve cells do not produce enough dopamine

Question 24

Alzheimer’s

Answer 24

a progressive form of dementia that destroys memory and other functions

Question 25

medulloblastoma

Answer 25

fast-growing brain tumor that starts near the brainstem, more common in children than adults

Question 26

astrocytoma

Answer 26

tumors that develop in the CNS growing from the astrocyte cells(glial cells that help support nerve cells).

Question 27

glioma

Answer 27

tumors starting from the glial cells of the brain or spine

Question 28

glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

Answer 28

brain tumor usually starting from the astrocytes

Note: Not the same as astrocytoma, GBM do not have the IDH (isocitrate dehydrogenase) mutation

Question 29

meningioma

Answer 29

slow growing tumor that forms form the meninges, the membranous layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Question 30

retinoblastoma

Answer 30

eye cancer that begins in the retina, common in young children (<5 yrs old)

Question 31

neuroblastoma

Answer 31

Cancer arising the nerve cells from the adrenal gland. Can also stem from the nerve ganglia or the neck.

Question 32

craniopharyngioma

Answer 32

Rare benign brain tumor that usually arises near the pituitary gland

Question 33

ependymoma

Answer 33

Cancer arising from the ependyma

ependyma - neuroglia that line the ventricles of the brain and central canal of the spinal cord