Nervous System

Question 1

brain covering

Answer 1

mening/o

Question 2

brain

Answer 2

encephal/o

Question 3

bruise

Answer 3

contus/o

Question 4

burning sensation

Answer 4

caus/o

Question 5

feeling

Answer 5

esthet/o

Question 6

having an affinity for

Answer 6

-tropic

Question 7

madness

Answer 7

-mania

Question 8

mind

Answer 8

psych/o

Question 9

nerve, nerves

Answer 9

neur/o

Question 10

recording an image

Answer 10

-graphy

Question 11

sensation, feeling

Answer 11

-esthesia

Question 12

shaken together

Answer 12

concuss/o

Question 13

spinal cord, bone marrow

Answer 13

myel/o

Question 14

to steal

Answer 14

klept/o

Question 15

aka infectious polyneuritis, syndrome characterized by rapidly worsening muscle weakness that can lead to temporary paralysis

Answer 15

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)

Question 16

anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent unwanted thoughts and/or impulses to act

Answer 16

obsessive compulsive disorder

Question 17

disorder that may develop after an event during which the person felt intense fear, helplessness, or horror

Answer 17

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Question 18

results of a child being violently shaken by someone, can cause brain injury, paralysis, or death

Answer 18

shaken-baby syndrome

Question 19

psychotic disorder usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and varying degrees of other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances

Answer 19

schizophrenia

Question 20

medication used to induce anesthesia

Answer 20

anesthetic

Question 21

inflammation of the brain

Answer 21

encephalitis

Question 22

specializes in administering anesthesia but is not a physician

Answer 22

anesthesist

Question 23

inflammation of the spinal cord

Answer 23

myelitis

Question 24

cannot develop normal relationships

Answer 24

autism

Question 25

deep state of unconsciousness

Answer 25

coma

Question 26

fainting

Answer 26

syncope

Question 27

recurrent episodes of seizures

Answer 27

epilepsy

Question 28

thinking, learning, and memory

Answer 28

cognition

Question 29

chemical substances that make it possible for messages to cross from synapse of a neuron to the target receptor

Answer 29

neurotransmitters

Question 30

condition in which an individual acts as if he of she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick

Answer 30

factitious disorder

Question 31

characterized by vomiting and confusion, and usually follows a viral illness in which the child was treated with aspirin

Answer 31

Reye’s Syndrome

Question 32

sensory perception that is experienced in the absence of an external stimulation

Answer 32

hallucination

Question 33

collection of blood trapped in the tissues of the brain

Answer 33

cranial hematoma

Question 34

temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve that causes paralysis only of the affected side of the face

Answer 34

Bell’s Palsy

Question 35

stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks

Answer 35

hemorrhagic

Question 36

progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation that causes demyelination of the myelin sheath

Answer 36

multiple sclerosis

Question 37

decline in mental abilities

Answer 37

dementia

Question 38

disorientation due to high fever

Answer 38

delirium

Question 39

pulling out of one’s hair

Answer 39

trichotillomania

Question 40

abnormal fear

Answer 40

-phobia