Nervous system

Question 1

Cereb(o)-

Answer 1

Relating to the brain

Cerebral

Question 2

Crani

Answer 2

Pertaining to the skull

Craniotomy (surgical opening into the skull)

Question 3

Dis-

Answer 3

Taking apart

Dissection (surgically cutting)

Question 4

Dys-

Answer 4

Difficult or painful

Dysphasia (difficult speech)

Question 5

Hemi-

Answer 5

Half part

Cerebrallhemishpere (half the brain)

Question 6

Isch-

Answer 6

Restriction

Ischaemia (restriction of blood flow)

Question 7

Mening-

Answer 7

Relating to the meninges

Meningitis (inflammation of the covering of the brain)

Question 8

-plagia

Answer 8

Paralysis

Paraplegia (paralysis of the lower part of the body)

Question 9

-paresis

Answer 9

Weakness

Hemiparesis (weakness of one side of the body)

Question 10

Vascular

Answer 10

Related to blood vessels

Cerebrovascular (related to blood vessels in the brain)

Question 11

CVD

Answer 11

Cerebrovascular disease

Question 12

EEG

Answer 12

Electroencephalogram (a test to measure and record the electrical activity of the brain)

Question 13

ICP

Answer 13

Intracranial pressure (the pressure inside the brain)

Question 14

LP

Answer 14

Lembar puncture (a procedure that taps the spinal fluid in order to test it)

Question 15

Neuro

Answer 15

Neurology

Question 16

PD

Answer 16

Parkinson’s disease

Question 17

PNS

Answer 17

peripheral nervous system

Question 18

PTSD

Answer 18

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 19

TIA

Answer 19

Transient Ischaemic Attack(a transient form of stroke)

Question 20

CVA

Answer 20

Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke)

Question 21

CNS

Answer 21

Central nervous system

Question 22

SC

Answer 22

Spinal cord

Question 23

LOC

Answer 23

Loss of consciousness

Question 24

CSF

Answer 24

Cerebrospinal fluid