Nervous System 3

Question 1

Involuntary autonomic nerves that regulate normal body functions such as heart rate, breathing and digestion

Answer 1

Parasympathetic nerves

Question 2

Autonomic nerves that influence bodily functions involuntarily in terms of stress

Answer 2

Sympathetic nerves

Question 3

Carries messages to the brain and spinal cord from receptor; afferent nerve

Answer 3

Sensory nerve

Question 4

Carrie‘s messages from brain and spinal cord to muscles and organs; efferent nerve

Answer 4

Motor nerve

Question 5

Posterior portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord: includes the mid brain, pons and medulla oblongata

Answer 5

Brainstem

Question 6

Excessive sensitivity to pain

Answer 6

Algesia

Question 7

Absence of sensitivity to pain

Answer 7

Analgesia

Question 8

Pain

Answer 8

Algia

Question 9

Feeling, nervous sensation

Answer 9

Esthesia

Question 10

Movement

Answer 10

Kinesia

Question 11

Seizure

Answer 11

Lepsy

Question 12

Sight paralysis

Answer 12

Paresis

Question 13

Speech

Answer 13

Phasia

Question 14

Paralysis

Answer 14

Plegia

Question 15

Action

Answer 15

Praxia

Question 16

Strength

Answer 16

Sthenia

Question 17

Brain disorder with progressive deterioration of mental capacity; personality changes and impairment of daily functioning

Answer 17

Alzheimer disease

Question 18

Degenerative disorder of motor neurons and spinal cord and brain stem leading to progressive muscular paralysis; Lou Gehrig’S disease

Answer 18

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question 19

Covering of white fatty tissue that surrounds and insulate the axon of a nerve cell; speeds impulse conduction

Answer 19

Myelin sheath

Question 20

Microscopic cord-like collection of fibres (axons and dendrites) they carry electrical impulses

Answer 20

Nerve

Question 21

An organ that receives a nervous stimulus and passes it onto afferent nerve, example the skin, ears, eyes and taste buds

Answer 21

Preceptor

Question 22

Nerve root

Answer 22

Radicul/o

Question 23

Imaging technique that uses magnetic waves and radio frequency waves to create images of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 23

Magnetic resonance imaging

Question 24

Recording of the electrical activity within the brain

Answer 24

Electroencephalography

Question 25

Cross-sectional x-ray images of the brain and spinal cord (with and without contrast)

Answer 25

Computed tomography scan

Question 26

Condition of decreased coordination caused by cerebellum disorder

Answer 26

Ataxia

Question 27

Slowness of movement

Answer 27

Bradykinesia

Question 28

Abnormal nervous sensation without appearance, cause example, tingling, numbness, prickly

Answer 28

Paresthesia

Question 29

Inflammation of many nerves

Answer 29

Polyneuritis

Question 30

Three protective membranes that surround the brain is spinal cord

Answer 30

Meninges

Question 31

Skull

Answer 31

Crani/o

Question 32

Head

Answer 32

Cephal/o