Nervous System

Question 1

Amnesia

Answer 1

Loss of memory

Question 2

Amnesia

Answer 2

Loss of memory

Question 3

Ataxia

Answer 3

Loss of muscular coordination

Question 4

Bradykinesia

Answer 4

Abnormal or slowness of motion

Question 5

Cephalgia/Cephalalgia

Answer 5

Headache

Question 6

Cerebrospinal

Answer 6

Pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

Question 7

Craniotomy

Answer 7

Surgical openings into the skull

Question 8

Discectomy

Answer 8

Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc

Question 9

Dysphasia

Answer 9

Aphasia; impairment of speech

Question 10

Encephalomalacia

Answer 10

Softening of the brain, often due to ischemia or infarction

Question 11

Encephalomalacia

Answer 11

Softening of the brain, often due to ischemia or infarction

Question 12

Epidural

Answer 12

Pertaining to above or outside the dura mater

Question 13

Epilepsy

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Hemiparesis

Answer 14

Paralysis on one side of the body

Question 15

Intracranial

Answer 15

Within the skull

Question 16

Intrathecal administration

Answer 16

Injection into the spinal canal, or into the subarachnoid space

Question 17

Laminectomy

Answer 17

Excision of the vertebral posterior arch or spinal process

Question 18

Meningitis

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Myelitis

Answer 19

Inflammation of the spinal cord

Question 20

Neuralgia

Answer 20

Severe or stabbing pain in the course or distribution of the nerves

Question 21

Neuritis

Answer 21

Inflammation of a nerve

Question 22

Neurologist

Answer 22

Physician specializing in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system

Question 23

Neurolysis

Answer 23

Destruction of nerve tissue or lysis (breaking up) peri neural adhesions

Question 24

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 24

Repair of severed nerve by suture, graft, or with synthetic cord

Question 25

Neurosis

Answer 25

Emotional condition or disorder: anxiety is a primary characteristic

Question 26

Neurotransmitters

Answer 26

Chemicals that transmit energy across a synapse

Question 27

Paranoia

Answer 27

A mental disorder; often includes delusions involving persecution

Question 28

Poliomyelitis

Answer 28

Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord

Question 29

Psychosis

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Quadriplegia

Answer 30

Paralysis of all four extremities

Question 31

Radiculitis

Answer 31

Inflammation of the spinal nerve roots

Question 32

Sciatica

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Subdural

Answer 33

Below the dura mater

Question 34

Vagotomy

Answer 34

Surgical incision of the vagus nerve