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Nervous System Flashcards

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Disorder of reading, writing, and learning:

  • Epilepsy
  • Apraxia
  • Bradykinesis
  • Neurasthenia
  • Dyslexia
A

Dyslexia

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Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord:
Select one:
- Gyrus
- Dendrites
- Cauda equina
- Microglia
- Oligodendroglia

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Cauda equina

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Abnormal sensation:

  • paresthesia
  • parasthesia
  • parasthezia
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Paresthesia

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A highly malignant brain tumor:

  • Meningioma
  • Epidural hematoma
  • Glioblastoma
  • Subdural hematoma
  • Teratoma
A

Glioblastoma

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Collection of blood within the meningeal layers:

  • Leptomeningitis
  • Cerebromalacia
  • Subdural hematoma
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hemiparesis
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Subdural hematoma

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Part of the nerve cell that first receives the nerve impulse is the:

  • Axon
  • Cell body
  • Neurilemma
  • Convolution
  • Dendrite
A

Dendrite

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Elevated portions of the cerebral cortex:

  • Sulci
  • Plexuses
  • Gyri
  • Ventricles
  • Glial cells
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Gyri

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Within the meninges:

  • intrathecal
  • interthecal
  • intrathekal
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Intrathecal

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Relieving, but not curing:

  • pailiative
  • paliative
  • palliative
A

Palliative

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Manner of walking:

  • gate
  • gaite
  • gait
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Gait

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Part of the brain that controls breathing, heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels:

  • Cerebellum
  • Pons
  • Cauda equina
  • Medulla oblongata
  • Thalamus
A

Medulla oblangata

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12
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Match the following vocabulary terms with their meanings.
“Canals in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid”

  • sciatic nerve
  • sensory nerve
  • stimulus
  • stroma
  • ventricles of the brain
  • sympathetic nerves
  • synapse
  • thalamus
A

Ventricles of the brain

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13
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Peculiar symptoms appearing before more definite symptoms:

  • aura
  • aurra
  • hora
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Aura

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Match the following vocabulary terms with their meanings.
“Middle layer of the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord”

  • acetylcholine
  • afferent nerve
  • arachnoid membrane
  • astrocyte
  • autonomic nervous system
  • axon
  • blood-brain barrier
A

Arachnoid membrane

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Glial cells:

  • Neurons
  • Astrocytes
  • Meninges
  • Parenchymal cells
  • Nerve cells that conduct impulses
A

Astrocytes

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16
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Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Essential cell of the nervous system; a neuron”

  • gyri
  • neurotransmitter
  • parenchymal cell
  • pia mater
  • sensory nerve
  • subarachnoid space
A

Parenchymal cell

17
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Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Main relay center of the brain”

  • arachnoid membrane
  • cerebrum
  • medulla oblongata
  • neurotransmitter
  • cerebellum
  • thalamus
  • pons
  • hypothalamus
A

Thalamus

18
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Essential cells of an organ:

  • parenchymal
  • parenchymel
  • parencyhmal
A

Parenchymal

19
Q

Match the following vocabulary terms with their meanings.
“Sheet of nerve cells that produces a rounded fold on the surface of the brain”

  • ganglion
  • glial cell
  • gyrus
  • hypothalamus
  • medulla oblongata
  • meninges
  • motor nerve
  • myelin sheath
A

Gyrus

20
Q

Inflammation of a spinal nerve root:

  • Encephalitis
  • Meningitis
  • Blepharitis
  • Radiculitis
  • Polyneuritis
A

Radiculitis

21
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Pertaining to muscles and nerves:

  • Myoneural
  • Neuroanastomosis
  • Myelogram
  • Meningomyelocele
  • Polyneuritis
A

Myoneural

22
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Neurotransmitter

  • Cerebrospinal fluid
  • Myelin
  • Acetylcholine
  • Lymph
  • Sulcus
A

Acetylcholine

23
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X-ray record (image) of the spinal cord:

  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electromyogram
  • Cerebral angiogram
  • Pneumoencephalogram
  • Myelogram
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Myelogram

24
Q

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
Posterior part of the brain; responsible for maintaining balance

  • acetylcholine
  • anencephaly
  • apraxia
  • astrocyte
  • ataxia
  • bradykinesia
  • cerebellum
  • cerebrum
A

Cerebellum

25
Q

Match the neurologic structures with their correct meanings.
Outer region of the largest part of the brain; composed of gray matter

  • axon
  • cauda equina
  • dendrite
  • cerebral cortex
  • myelin sheath
  • meninges
  • oligodendroglial cell
  • plexus
A

Cerebral cortex

26
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Part of the nerve cell that first receives the nervous impulse is the:

  • Axon
  • Cell body
  • Neurilemma
  • Convolution
  • Dendrite
A

Dendrite

27
Q

Portion of the brain that controls the pituitary gland, water balance, and body temperature:

  • Medulla oblongata
  • Cauda equina
  • Cerebellum
  • Thalamus
  • Hypothalamus
A

Hypothalamus

28
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myel/o

  • muscle
  • nerve
  • spinal cord
  • membrane
A

spinal cord

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