Nervous System Disorders

Question 1

TOWARD THE CENTER; FOR EXAMPLE, AFFERENT NERVES CARRY IMPULSES TOWARD THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Answer 1

AFFERENT

Question 2

LOSS OF MEMORY

Answer 2

AMNESIA

Question 3

CONGENITAL CONDITION WHERE MOST OF THE BRAIN AND SKULL ARE ABSENT

Answer 3

ANENCEPHALY

Question 4

LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, SPEAK COHERENTLY, OR UNDERSTAND SPEECH

Answer 4

APHASIA

Question 5

INVOLUNTARY WRITHING MOVEMENT OF LIMBS AND BODY

Answer 5

ATHETOID

Question 6

BLIND END TO A TUBE; LOSS OF THE LUMEN

Answer 6

ATRESIA

Question 7

A SENSATION (E.G., VISUAL OR AUDITORY), USUALLY PRECEDING A SEIZURE OR MIGRAINE HEADACHE

Answer 7

AURA

Question 8

AREA OF THE LEFT FRONTAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN IN WHICH THE OUTPUT OF WORDS, BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL, IS COORDINATED

Answer 8

BROCA’S AREA

Question 9

INFOLDINGS OF BLOOD VESSELS OF THE PIA MATER THAT SECRETE CSF

Answer 9

CHOROID PLEXUS

Question 10

OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY

Answer 10

CONTRALATERAL

Question 11

DOUBLE VISION

Answer 11

DIPLOPIA

Question 12

MOVING AWAY FROM THE CENTER; FOR EXAMPLE, EFFERENT NERVE FIBERS CARRY MOTOR IMPULSES TO MUSCLES

Answer 12

EFFERENT

Question 13

A CRACK OR SPLIT IN THE SURFACE OF SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE

Answer 13

FISSURE

Question 14

LACK OF TONE IN MUSCLE; WEAKNESS AND SOFTNESS

Answer 14

FLACCID

Question 15

AN OPENING IN BONE OR MEMBRANCE

Answer 15

FORAMEN

Question 16

RAPID, SEVERE, UNCONTROLLED PROGRESS OF A DISEASE OR INFECTION

Answer 16

FULMINANT

Question 17

A COLLECTION OF NERVE CELL BODIES, USUALLY OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Answer 17

GANGLION

Question 18

BUMPS AND RIDGES ON THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

Answer 18

GYRUS (GYRI)

Question 19

EXCESSIVE REFLEX RESPONSES

Answer 19

HYPERREFLEXIA

Question 20

SAME SIDE OF THE BODY

Answer 20

IPSILATERAL

Question 21

MUSCLE WEAKNESS OR MILD PARALYSIS

Answer 21

PARESIS

Question 22

INCREASED SENSITIVITY OF THE EYES TO LIGHT

Answer 22

PHOTOPHOBIA

Question 23

THE INITIAL PERIOD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE BEFORE ACUTE SYMPTOMS OCCUR

Answer 23

PRODROMAL

Question 24

DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELID

Answer 24

PTOSIS

Question 25

A DEFECT IN THE VISUAL FIELD

Answer 25

SCOTOMA

Question 26

A STRONG INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION

Answer 26

SPASM

Question 27

A STATE OF EXTREME LETHARGY, UNAWARENESS, AND UNRESPONSIVENESS

Answer 27

STUPOR

Question 28

A GROOVE OR FURROW, ESPECIALLY ONE ON TEH SURFACE OF THE BRAIN

Answer 28

SULCUS (SULCI)

Question 29

THE UPPER PART OF THE BRAIN

Answer 29

SUPRATENTORIAL

Question 30

FIBROUS BANDS OF TISSUE THAT CONNECT THE BONES OF THE SKULL

Answer 30

SUTURES

Question 31

AN INTEGRATION CENTER IN THE BRAIN THAT COMPREHENDS LANGUAGE, BOTH SPOKEN AND WRITTEN

Answer 31

WERNICKE’S AREA