Nervous System

Question 1

cephal/o

Answer 1

head

Question 2

encephal/o

Answer 2

inside the head(brain)

Question 3

mening/o

Answer 3

membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Question 4

myel/o

Answer 4

spinal cord

Question 5

neur/o

Answer 5

nerve

Question 6

dys

Answer 6

difficult,painful,abnormal

Question 7

-cele

Answer 7

hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

Question 8

-pathy

Answer 8

disease, abnormality

Question 9

-plasia

Answer 9

development, formation, growth

Question 10

-plegia

Answer 10

paralysis

Question 11

cephalgia

Answer 11

a headache

Question 12

encephalitis

Answer 12

inflammation of the brain

Question 13

anencephalic

Answer 13

born without a brain

Question 14

meningitis

Answer 14

inflammation of the membranes

Question 15

myelogram

Answer 15

x-ray of the spinal cord

Question 16

neuroma

Answer 16

tumor in nerve

Question 17

neuritis

Answer 17

inflammation of nerve

Question 18

dyslexia

Answer 18

difficulty reading

Question 19

meningomyelocele

Answer 19

protrusion of membranes and spinal cord

Question 20

encephalopathy

Answer 20

disease of the brain

Question 21

neuropathy

Answer 21

disease of the nerves

Question 22

aplasia

Answer 22

no development

Question 23

hyperplasia

Answer 23

over development

Question 24

hemiplegia

Answer 24

paralysis of one side of the body

Question 25

quadriplegia

Answer 25

paralysis of all four limbs

Question 26

multiple sclerosis

Answer 26

multiple hard plaques of degeneration of the insulating layer of nerve fibers in the central nervous system

Question 27

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Answer 27

stroke

Question 28

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Answer 28

not quite enough blood to the brain

Question 29

epilepsy

Answer 29

seizure, convulsions

Question 30

aphasia

Answer 30

loss of speech

Question 31

neurologist

Answer 31

a physician specializing in diseases of the brain, spinal cord and nerves

Question 32

Lumbar (spinal) puncture or tap (LP)

Answer 32

introducing a needle between the lower bony vertebrae of our spinal column

Question 33

Electroencephalography (EEG)

Answer 33

an image of the brain’s electrical activity

Question 34

Computed tomography (CT)

Answer 34

sliced pictures of the body with x-rays

Question 35

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Answer 35

sliced pictures of the body without x-rays

Question 36

Central nervous system

Answer 36

Brain and spinal cord

Question 37

Peripheral nervous system

Answer 37

Cranial and spinal nerves

Autonomic nervous system

Question 38

Phrenic nerve

Answer 38

Spinal nerve and controls the diaphragm

Question 39

Olfactory nerve

Answer 39

Smell

Question 40

Peripheral nervous system is divided into 2 parts

Answer 40

Somatic and autonomic (involuntary)

Question 41

Somatic nervous system (voluntary) does what?

Answer 41

Transmits signals from brain to voluntary muscles and allows for activities such as walking, talking, and writing

Question 42

PMS

Answer 42

Pulse, motor, sensation

Question 43

Myelin sheath

Answer 43

Increases speed of impulse within nerve

Question 44

Protective structures of the CNS?

Answer 44

Skull
Vertebrae
Meninges
CSF

Question 45

CSF

Answer 45

Cerebral spinal fluid

Question 46

Cerebral spinal fluid is produced in what?

Answer 46

Ventricles